Association Between Rapid Antigen Testing and Antibiotic Use and Accuracy of Peripheral Blood Parameters in Detecting Group A Streptococcus in Children With Tonsillopharyngitis

Association Between Rapid Antigen Testing and Antibiotic Use and Accuracy of Peripheral Blood Parameters in Detecting Group A Streptococcus in Children With Tonsillopharyngitis

Objectives: To investigate the effect of rapid antigen testing (RAT) on the practice of antibiotic prescription as well as the accuracy of peripheral blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) values in detecting group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) in children w...

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Main Authors: Yakup Cag, Abdurrahman Avar Özdemir, Ufuk Yükselmiş, Ezgi Akdeniz, Mustafa Özçetin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
bacterial antigens
child
drug prescriptions
immunoenzyme techniques
streptococcal infections
tonsillopharyngitis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2019.00322/full

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