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Streptococcal Rapid Antigen Test
Aka: Streptococcal Rapid Antigen Test, Rapid Strep Test
- See Also
- Group A Streptococcal PCR (Point-Of-Care GAS Nucleic Acid Amplification Test)
- Throat Culture
- Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis
- Pharyngitis
- Tonsillitis
- Indication
- Suspected Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis
- Methods
- Extraction
- Enzyme extraction (more sensitive)
- Acid extraction (faster, usual testing method)
- Identification
- Enzyme immunoassay (usual identification method)
- Latex Agglutination (requires skill to interpret)
- Efficacy
- Test Sensitivity: 80-86%
- Test Specificity: 96-98%