The rapid strep test (RST) is a rapid antigen detection test (RADT) that is widely used in clinics to assist in the diagnosis of bacterial pharyngitis caused by group A streptococci (GAS), sometimes termed strep throat. There are currently several types of rapid strep test in use, each employing a distinct technology. However, they all work by detecting the presence of GAS in the throat of a person by responding to GAS-specific antigens on a throat swab.
The rapidstreptest (RST) is a rapid antigen detection test (RADT) that is widely used in clinics to assist in the diagnosis of bacterial pharyngitis...
COVID-19 pandemic. For many years, an early and major class of RATs—the rapidstreptests for streptococci—were so often the referent when RATs or RADTs were...
with skin infected with group A strep. The diagnosis is made based on the results of a rapid antigen detection test or throat culture. Some people may...
Rapid urease test, also known as the CLO test (Campylobacter-like organism test), is a rapid diagnostic test for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori. The...
separate possible causes. Confirmation may be by a throat swab or rapidstreptest. Treatment efforts involve improving symptoms and decreasing complications...
The rapid plasma reagin test (RPR test or RPR titer) is a type of rapid diagnostic test that looks for non-specific antibodies in the blood of the patient...
for causing strep throat, scarlet fever, and rheumatic fever. Throat cultures are more sensitive (81% sensitive) than the rapidstreptest (70%) for diagnosing...
The oxidase test is used to determine whether an organism possesses the cytochrome c oxidase enzyme. The test is used as an aid for the differentiation...
susceptibility testing, strains such as beta-lactamase producing E coli. MALDI-TOF is rapid and automated. There are limitations to testing in this format...
causing rapid onset of psychiatric, motor, sleep, and other symptoms in pediatric patients. GAS infection is generally diagnosed with a rapidstreptest or...
The indole test is a biochemical test performed on bacterial species to determine the ability of the organism to convert tryptophan into indole. This division...
henselae. The CAMP test can be used to identify Streptococcus agalactiae. Though not strongly beta-hemolytic on its own, group B strep presents with wedge-shaped...
drug, which prevents visible in vitro growth of bacteria or fungi. MIC testing is performed in both diagnostic and drug discovery laboratories. The MIC...
The disk diffusion test (also known as the agar diffusion test, Kirby–Bauer test, disc-diffusion antibiotic susceptibility test, disc-diffusion antibiotic...
The mononuclear spot test or monospot test, a form of the heterophile antibody test, is a rapidtest for infectious mononucleosis due to Epstein–Barr...
red test (MR test), used to identify bacteria producing stable acids by mechanisms of mixed acid fermentation of glucose (cf. Voges–Proskauer test). The...
The IMViC tests are a group of individual tests used in microbiology lab testing to identify an organism in the coliform group. A coliform is a gram negative...
The citrate test detects the ability of an organism to use citrate as the sole source of carbon and energy. Bacteria are inoculated on a medium containing...
The KOH Test for Candida albicans, also known as a potassium hydroxide preparation or KOH prep, is a quick, inexpensive fungal test to differentiate dermatophytes...
strains of bacteria. Examples of differential media: Blood agar (used in streptests) contains bovine heart blood that becomes transparent in the presence...
microorganisms, such as Streptococcus pyogenes, the causative agent of strep throat. Furthermore, the term culture is more generally used informally...
antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Because it is essential that bloodstream infections are diagnosed and treated quickly, rapidtesting methods have been developed...
sensitive, specific and often extremely rapid laboratory tests used to identify different types of microorganisms. The tests are based upon the ability of an...
hemolytic reactions.: 92 For example, Streptococcus pyogenes, which causes strep throat and scarlet fever, displays beta-hemolysis, while Streptococcus pneumoniae...
Rapid Storage Technology, a computer storage technology Reverse semantic traceability, a software quality control method Rapidstreptest, for strep throat...
coagulase test would indicate the presence of S. aureus or any of the other 11 coagulase-positive Staphylococci. A negative coagulase test would instead...
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