The relationship between the clinical features of pharyngitis and the sensitivity of a rapid antigen test: evidence of spectrum bias.

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Published in Ann Emerg Med on December 01, 2001

Authors

L A Dimatteo1, S R Lowenstein, B Brimhall, W Reiquam, R Gonzales

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA.

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