☆rheumatic heart disease
throat swab→
・Rapid antigen detection testing (RADT)
(☆immunoassay)☆rapid, in office results and if negative→
・throat culture(beta hemolysis)
※antibody titers takes several weeks(not used for acute pharyngitis
Antibiotic use has been shown to decrease the risk of rheumatic fever—and, by extension, rheumatic heart disease.
It is unclear whether antibiotic use during streptococcal pharyngitis reduces the likelihood of poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis.
microbiology
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