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Group A Streptococcal PCR

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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
  1. Streptococcal Rapid Antigen Test
  2. Throat Culture
  3. Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis
  4. Pharyngitis
  5. Tonsillitis
  • Background
  1. Point of Care, 15 minute test for Group A Streptococcus Test via Nucleic Acid Amplification (NAAT)
  2. More expensive ($70 per test in 2022) than the Streptococcal Rapid Antigen Test ($2 per test)
    1. However, nearly perfect Test Sensitivity and requires no Throat Culture
  • Efficacy
  1. Positive Predictive Value: 97.7%
  2. Negative Predictive Value: 100%
  • References
  1. Uhl (2016) J Clin Microbiol 54(3): 815 +PMID: 26763964 [PubMed]