Experience With Rapid Latex Agglutination Testing For Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis In A Pediatric Group Office Laboratory

From the Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s National Medical Center, the Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C.; the Department of Pediatrics, Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, Virginia; and Vienna Pediatric Associates, Ltd., Vienna, Virginia. Address reprint requests to Bernhard L. Wiedermann, M.D., Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20010.

From the Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s National Medical Center, the Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C.; the Department of Pediatrics, Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, Virginia; and Vienna Pediatric Associates, Ltd., Vienna, Virginia. Address reprint requests to Bernhard L. Wiedermann, M.D., Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20010.

From the Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s National Medical Center, the Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C.; the Department of Pediatrics, Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, Virginia; and Vienna Pediatric Associates, Ltd., Vienna, Virginia. Address reprint requests to Bernhard L. Wiedermann, M.D., Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20010.