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Streptococcus pyogenes has been regarded very importantly because of its severe sequelae, namely rheumatic fever and acute glomerulonephropathy. Rapid tests to identify this organism have been studied widely in developed countries in 1980s. We proceeded the rapid test(A Strept ADTM, Denka Seiken Co., Japan) of S. pyogenes on 141 children who were known to be carriers of this organism to... |
