ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2022
The Impact of Point-of-Care Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing on Prescribing Practices in Primary Care for Management of Strep A: A Retrospective Before-After Study.
Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Multi-center investigation on the influence of clinical characteristics and molecular group A streptococci diagnostics on the management of tonsillopharyngitis in pediatric practices in Berlin-BASE study.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Trial
- Point of care antimicrobial susceptibility testing.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026Review
- A systematic review on how primary care electronic medical record data have been used for antimicrobial stewardship.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Review
- The relationship between antibiotic utilization for respiratory conditions (AXR) and antibiotic prescribing for pharyngitis.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Article
- Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship in Acute Sore Throat: Comparison of FeverPAIN and McIsaac Scores with Molecular Point of Care Testing Using Abbott ID NOW.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Rapid antigen detection tests (RADTs) are the standard of care (SOC) for testing in patients with suspected group A β-hemolytic Methods: In this retrospective before-after study, electronic medical records of any patients presenting with suspected acute pharyngitis (June 2018-May 2019) across 15 outpatient primary care clinics were evaluated. Strep A was detected using the cobas Strep A assay (cobas Liat system). Results: Analysis of 10 081 eligible patient records showed that POC PCR testing resulted in a 44.1% reduction in antibiotic prescribing for patients with a negative POC PCR test result (10.1% PCR vs 18.0% RADT; Conclusions: As part of a broader antibiotic stewardship initiative, implementation of POC PCR as SOC in outpatients with acute pharyngitis symptoms reduced the volume of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions.
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