Assessment of Flocked Swabs for the Identification of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00527852

Enrollment

350

Registered

2007-09-11

Start date

2007-09-30

Completion date

2007-12-31

Last updated

2018-04-18

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Conditions

Pharyngitis, Streptococcal Infection

Keywords

Flocked swab, Group A streptococcus pharyngitis

Brief summary

This is a study to to compare traditional fibre wound swabs to more recently developed flocked swabs for the identification of Group A streptococcal pharyngitis in children presenting to a children's emergency department.

Interventions

DEVICEFlocked swab

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

1 Days to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Need for a bacterial throat culture

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Identification of Group A streptococcus via culture of organism	—

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026