In Vitro Diagnostic Device for the Detection of Strep A
Status: | Completed |
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Conditions: | Infectious Disease |
Therapuetic Areas: | Immunology / Infectious Diseases |
Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 3 - Any |
Updated: | 5/3/2014 |
Start Date: | December 2013 |
End Date: | April 2014 |
Multi-Center Study of an In Vitro Diagnostic Device for the Detection of Strep A
The purpose of this trial is to show the accuracy and specificity of the Liat analyzer and
assay for detecting Strep A at the point of care lab compared to culture.
assay for detecting Strep A at the point of care lab compared to culture.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects who are 3 years of age or older
- Subjects exhibiting symptoms characteristic of pharyngitis, possibly Streptococcus A,
including:
- presence of sore throat, and at least one other symptom from the list below:
- redness of the posterior pharyngeal wall
- pharyngeal or tonsillar exudate
- tonsillar swelling
- tender cervical lymphadenopathy
- fever, >38C at presentation or within the past 24 hours
- Subjects who are able to understand and consent to participation; for minors under
the age of 18, this includes parent or legal guardian
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects treated with antibiotics currently or within the previous 7 days.
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