title: Multicentre evaluation of a direct coagglutination test for group A streptococci.
abstract: A coagglutination test for detection of group A streptococci in throat samples was evaluated in a multicentre study and found to be about 95% sensitive when applied to swabs taken from symptomatic patients which yielded more than 100 colonies per plate on culture. The sensitivity of the test dropped significantly when it was applied to swabs giving fewer than 100 colonies on culture. The specificity of the test was high regardless of colony count on conventional media.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rudin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rotta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blomqvist
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benslimane
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Berger-Jekic
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kereselidze
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sukonthaman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tikhomirov
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012541:Scarlet Fever / Q000175:diagnosis; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*