Morandi P-A, Kesseler D, Deom A
Centre suisse de contrôle de qualité 2, chemin du Petit-Bel-Air, 1225 Chêne-Bourg.
Rev Med Suisse. 2010 Feb 17;6(236):358-60.
The group A streptococcus rapid antigen detection kits used to test throat swabs are frequently used by doctors for the screening of pharyngitis caused by bacteria. The Swiss Centre for Quality Control (CSCQ) has organised External Quality Assessment Schemes (EQAS) for these kits since 1997. From 2004 to 2008, negative, positive, and moderate positive antigen containing samples were sent to the laboratories. After analysing the samples, 7749 results obtained with more than 14 different test kits were returned to the CSCQ. The correct results ranged between 84.8 and 99.8% which shows that all the test kits gave good results during the EQAS. However, in case of a negative result with clinical suspicion of a bacterial pharyngitis, the result is to be confirmed by culture.
用于检测咽拭子的A组链球菌快速抗原检测试剂盒常被医生用于筛查由细菌引起的咽炎。自1997年以来，瑞士质量控制中心（CSCQ）为这些试剂盒组织了外部质量评估计划（EQAS）。在2004年至2008年期间，向各实验室发送了含阴性、阳性和中度阳性抗原的样本。在对样本进行分析后，使用14种以上不同检测试剂盒获得的7749份结果被返回给CSCQ。正确结果的范围在84.8%至99.8%之间，这表明在EQAS期间所有检测试剂盒都给出了良好的结果。然而，如果临床怀疑为细菌性咽炎但检测结果为阴性，则该结果需通过培养来确认。
