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

NCT00527852 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 350

Last updated 2018-04-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Streptococcal Infection
  • Pharyngitis

Interventions

DEVICE

Flocked swab

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David M Goldfarb, MD FRCPC · Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Division of Infectious Disease

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-09-30
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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