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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-11
pubmed:abstractText
The diagnostic test of swabbing the surface of the tonsil as a culture specimen for the determination of the organism responsible for the tonsil infection is still in practice, despite controversy. To date there has been no reports of establishing the reliability and validity of this common diagnostic test by appropriate statistical test of Likelihood ratios taking into consideration the specificity and sensitivity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0037-5675
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
324-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Bacterial Typing Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Biopsy, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Likelihood Functions, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Palatine Tonsil, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Pharynx, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Reference Standards, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Specimen Handling, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Staphylococcal Infections, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Streptococcal Infections, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Tonsillectomy, pubmed-meshheading:11026798-Tonsillitis
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Throat swab in the chronic tonsillitis: how reliable and valid is it?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of ENT Speech & Hearing, Microbiology, Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India. kurien_mary@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Validation Studies