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Group A Streptococcal PCR

Aka: Group A Streptococcal PCR, Point-Of-Care GAS Nucleic Acid Amplification Test, Group A Streptococcus NAAT, Cobas Strep A Test, Alere I Strep A Test
  1. See Also
    1. Streptococcal Rapid Antigen Test
    2. Throat Culture
    3. Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis
    4. Pharyngitis
    5. Tonsillitis
  2. Background
    1. Point of Care, 15 minute test for Group A Streptococcus Test via Nucleic Acid Amplification (NAAT)
    2. More expensive that the Streptococcal Rapid Antigen Test
      1. However, nearly perfect Test Sensitivity and requires no Throat Culture
  3. Efficacy
    1. Positive Predictive Value: 97.7%
    2. Negative Predictive Value: 100%
  4. References
    1. Uhl (2016) J Clin Microbiol 54(3): 815 +PMID: 26763964 [PubMed]

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