Assessment of Flocked Swabs for the Identification of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario350 enrolled

Overview

This is a study to to compare traditional fibre wound swabs to more recently developed flocked swabs for the identification of Group A streptococcal pharyngitis in children presenting to a children's emergency department.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

350

Conditions

Streptococcal Infection Pharyngitis

Interventions

Flocked swabDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 1 DayMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Need for a bacterial throat culture

Locations (1)

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Emergency Department

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Identification of Group A streptococcus via culture of organism

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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