Diagnostic accuracy of clinical symptoms and rapid diagnostic test in group A streptococcal perianal infections in children

From 2009 to 2014, we prospectively enrolled 132 children with perianal infections. The presentation of painful defecation, anal fissures, and macroscopic blood in stools was highly suggestive of group A streptococcal perianal infection (probability 83.3%). We found a high sensitivity of a group A streptococcal rapid diagnostic testing (98%) but relatively low specificity (72.8%)..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Clinical infectious diseases - 60(2015), 2, Seite 267

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cohen, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Levy, Corinne [Sonstige Person]
Bonacorsi, Stéphane [Sonstige Person]
Wollner, Alain [Sonstige Person]
Koskas, Marc [Sonstige Person]
Jung, Camille [Sonstige Person]
Béchet, Stéphane [Sonstige Person]
Chalumeau, Martin [Sonstige Person]
Cohen, Jérémie [Sonstige Person]
Bidet, Philippe [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Accuracy
Analysis
Anus Diseases - diagnosis
Anus Diseases - microbiology
Children
Children & youth
Clinical Medicine - methods
Diagnosis
Diagnostic Tests, Routine - methods
Excretory system
Gram-positive bacteria
Health aspects
Medical diagnosis
Medical tests
Probability
Risk factors
Sensitivity analysis
Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis
Streptococcal Infections - microbiology
Streptococcal infections
Streptococcus pyogenes - isolation & purification
Symptomatology
Usage

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciu794

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1956624554