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Some of the treatment material might fit better on the "strep throat" page itself rather than on this "rapid strep test" page. Bjorn Helgaas ( talk) 23:42, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
References I'm seeing suggest that the sensitivity is more like 85-95% or 82-92%. Should this be updated? (see tables here [1] or abstract here [2]) N1ugl ( talk) 18:14, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Looie496 ( talk · contribs) 15:29, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
I find little to criticize here. The prose is clear and sufficiently comprehensive; the sourcing fully meets
WP:MEDRS. The main suggestion I have is to include a brief discussion of the pertinent conclusions from
http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/3/e001482.full ("Streptococcal pharyngitis in children: a meta-analysis of clinical decision rules and their clinical variables").
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The phrase "The sensitivity of lateral flow RSTs is somewhat lower at 65% to 80%.[2] Therefore, a positive result from such a test cannot be used to confirm GAS pharyngitis" implies that sensitivity is used to rule-in a diagnosis, but this is incorrect. Sensitivity is more suited to rule-out a diagnosis. Certainly the caveat of 5-20% carriage of strep in throats means the test cannot be used to confirm pharyngitis, but the current wording does not make sense. If somebody more knowledgeable agrees, I suggest that the quoted phrase be located after the sentence on the 5-20% carriage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.33.239.182 ( talk) 07:16, 16 March 2019 (UTC)