Abstract
We compared the performance of two rapid antigen tests-QuikRead go® Strep A test (Orion Diagnostica, Espoo, Finland) and BD Veritor™ system (Becton, Dickinson and Company, Sparks, MD) with throat culture. Our aim was to evaluate each assay’s performance and agreement compared to throat culture in order to choose one of the assays as a point-of-care test in the emergency room. One hundred throat samples were collected in triplicates from patients with suspected pharyngitis admitted to the emergency room. One throat swab was seeded for a throat culture. The other two throat swabs from each patient were analyzed at the emergency room by the QuikRead go® Strep A test, and by the BD Veritor™ system, according to each manufacturer’s instructions. Agreement level between BD Veritor™ test and throat culture was 79%; sensitivity and specificity of this test were 80% and 78.7%, respectively. QuikRead go® Strep A test had an agreement level of 75% with throat culture; sensitivity and specificity of this test were 80% and 73.3%, respectively. Both tests have a good diagnostic performance. Other characteristics such as costs, size of instrument, and ease of implementation should be taken into consideration when choosing a point-of-care test.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1179-1185 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019.
Keywords
- Antibiotic treatment
- GroupA Streptococcus
- Pharyngitis
- Rapid tests
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases