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Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance
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Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications… read more… 8 views Submitted by hparton on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 14:34 … the percent of patients who tested positive for GAS for all combinations of Centor score and RLPP. Using standard … patients with Centor scores of 1–4, represented by the top 4 lines in the figure below, the percent of patients … -
Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance
Content Type: Abstract
Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications, missed work… read more… the percent of patients who tested positive for GAS for all combinations of Centor score and RLPP. Using standard … patients with Centor scores of 1–4, represented by the top 4 lines in the figure below, the percent of patients … -
State Surveillance Data Improves a Clinical Prediction Model for Pertussis
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Bordetella Pertussis outbreaks cause morbidity in all age groups, but the infection is most dangerous for young infants. Pertussis is difficult to diagnose, especially in its early stages, and definitive test results are not… read more… Bordetella Pertussis outbreaks cause morbidity in all age groups, but the infection is most dangerous … Bordetella Pertussis outbreaks cause morbidity in all age groups, but the infection is most dangerous for … date exceeded 0.09 (13% sensitive, 53% specific, PPV 26%, NPV 94%, AROC 0.65). Cyano- sis, cough for at least one … -
How Syndromic Surveillance Helps Clinical Practice: Use of Epidemiological Surveillance Data to Inform Clinical Decisions
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Presenter Dr. Andrew Fine, Assistant Professor, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Hosts Johns Hopkins University Grand Rounds and ISDS Research Committee Date… read more… 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 Week of Year … health data source " Information about patients of all ages applied to predict pertussis in infants " …