Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.2269
Title: The utility of rapid antigen detection testing for the diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis in low-resource settings
Authors: Rimoin, Anne W.
Walker, Christa L.Fischer
Hamza, Hala S.
Elminawi, Nevine
Ghafar, Hadeer Abdel
Vince, Adriana
da Cunha, Antonia L.A.
Qazi, Shamim
Gardovska, Dace
Steinhoff, Mark C.
Department of Paediatrics
Keywords: Clinical signs;International child health;Pharyngitis;Rapid diagnostic tests;Streptococcal infection;3.2 Clinical medicine;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;Microbiology (medical);Infectious Diseases;SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Issue Date: Dec-2010
Citation: Rimoin , A W , Walker , C L F , Hamza , H S , Elminawi , N , Ghafar , H A , Vince , A , da Cunha , A L A , Qazi , S , Gardovska , D & Steinhoff , M C 2010 , ' The utility of rapid antigen detection testing for the diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis in low-resource settings ' , International Journal of Infectious Diseases , vol. 14 , no. 12 , pp. e1048-e1053 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.2269
Abstract: Objectives: To evaluate the utility of rapid antigen detection testing (RADT) for the diagnosis of group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis in pediatric outpatient clinics in four countries with varied socio-economic and geographic profiles. Methods: We prospectively evaluated the utility of a commercial RADT in children aged 2-12 years presenting with symptoms of pharyngitis to urban outpatient clinics in Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, and Latvia between August 2001 and December 2005. We compared the performance of the RADT to culture using diagnostic and agreement statistics, including sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values. The Centor scores for GAS diagnosis were used to assess the potential effect of spectrum bias on RADT results. Results: Two thousand four hundred and seventy-two children were enrolled at four sites. The prevalence of GAS by throat culture varied by country (range 24.5-39.4%) and by RADT (range 23.9-41.8%). Compared to culture, RADT sensitivity ranged from 72.4% to 91.8% and specificity ranged from 85.7% to 96.4%. The positive predictive value ranged from 67.9% to 88.6% and negative predictive value ranged from 88.1% to 95.7%. Conclusions: In limited-resource regions where microbiological diagnosis is not feasible or practical, RADTs should be considered an option that can be performed in a clinic and provide timely results.
Description: Funding Information: This study was supported by USAID. The Croatian and Latvian sites were funded by the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva. The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this publication and they do not necessarily represent the decisions or the stated policy of the World Health Organization. Thermo Biostar donated the STREP A OIA MAX rapid test kits for use in this study free of charge.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.2269
ISSN: 1201-9712
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