Association Between Rapid Antigen Testing and Antibiotic Use and Accuracy of Peripheral Blood Parameters in Detecting Group A Streptococcus in Children With Tonsillopharyngitis

• Auteurs principaux: Yakup Cag (Auteur), Abdurrahman Avar Özdemir (Auteur), Ufuk Yükselmiş (Auteur), Ezgi Akdeniz (Auteur), Mustafa Özçetin (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Objectives: To investigate the effect of rapid antigen testing (RAT) on the practice of antibiotic prescription as well as the accuracy of peripheral blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) values in detecting group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) in children w...