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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- See Also
- Background
- Point of Care, 15 minute test for Group A Streptococcus Test via Nucleic Acid Amplification (NAAT)
- More expensive that the Streptococcal Rapid Antigen Test
- However, nearly perfect Test Sensitivity and requires no Throat Culture
- Efficacy
- Positive Predictive Value: 97.7%
- Negative Predictive Value: 100%
- References