Talk:Rapid strep test

Rapid strep test has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: September 27, 2015. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Rapid strep test appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 November 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that rapid strep tests may help to limit the use of antibiotics in viral illnesses?

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Some of the treatment material might fit better on the "strep throat" page itself rather than on this "rapid strep test" page. Bjorn Helgaas (talk) 23:42, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sensitivity[edit]

References I'm seeing suggest that the sensitivity is more like 85-95% or 82-92%. Should this be updated? (see tables here [1] or abstract here [2]) N1ugl (talk) 18:14, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Looie496 (talk · contribs) 15:29, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I find little to criticize here. The prose is clear and sufficiently comprehensive; the sourcing fully meets WP:MEDRS. The main suggestion I have is to include a brief discussion of the pertinent conclusions from http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/3/e001482.full ("Streptococcal pharyngitis in children: a meta-analysis of clinical decision rules and their clinical variables"). Looie496 (talk) 15:29, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

After re-reading this, I have decided to pass it, as it appears to me to meet the GA criteria even though it could probably benefit from a bit more material. Looie496 (talk) 12:15, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Interpretation[edit]

The phrase "The sensitivity of lateral flow RSTs is somewhat lower at 65% to 80%.[2] Therefore, a positive result from such a test cannot be used to confirm GAS pharyngitis" implies that sensitivity is used to rule-in a diagnosis, but this is incorrect. Sensitivity is more suited to rule-out a diagnosis. Certainly the caveat of 5-20% carriage of strep in throats means the test cannot be used to confirm pharyngitis, but the current wording does not make sense. If somebody more knowledgeable agrees, I suggest that the quoted phrase be located after the sentence on the 5-20% carriage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.33.239.182 (talk) 07:16, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]