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International quality assurance study for characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2007
Neal Shona, Beall Bernard, Ekelund Kim, Henriques-Normark Birgitta, Jasir Aftab, Johnson Dwight, Kaplan Edward, Lovgren Marguerite, Reinert Ralf Rene, Efstratiou Androulla
Abstract excerpt
Surveillance of group A streptococcal (GAS) infections was undertaken as a major component of the European Commission-funded project on severe GAS disease in Europe (strep-EURO). One aim of strep-EURO was to improve the quality of GAS characterization by standardization of methods. An external quality assurance study (EQA) was therefore carried out to evaluate current global performance. Eleven strep-EURO and...
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