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Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Symptoms and Rapid Diagnostic Test in Group A Streptococcal Perianal Infections in Children

2014; Oxford University Press; Volume: 60; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/cid/ciu794

1537-6591

Robert Cohen, Corinne Lévy, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Alain Wollner, M. Koskas, Camille Jung, Stéphane Béchet, Martin Chalumeau, Jérémie F. Cohen, Philippe Bidet,

Diverticular Disease and Complications

From 2009 to 2014, we prospectively enrolled 132 children with perianal infections. The presentation of painful defecation, anal fissures, and macroscopic blood in stools was highly suggestive of group A streptococcal perianal infection (probability 83.3%). We found a high sensitivity of a group A streptococcal rapid diagnostic testing (98%) but relatively low specificity (72.8%).