Results ASOT January 2009December 2010 = 645 N° patients=359 N° ASOT’s >400 = 100 (28 %) Notes reviewed = 95/100 patients Where both ASOT and Anti DNAse B were performed simultaneously (No =194), results correlated in 88% Throat Swab performed in the group with ASOT >400 = 43/100 65 % patients with ASOT >400 were prescribed antibiotics Conclusions Nearly 1/5 of patients with positive streptococ...

79/F Pneumonic Serology Gm 500 for 18 d Yes; yes 48/M Ulceroglandular Culture Gm 750 for 28 d Yes; no 65/F Typhoidal Serology 750 for 14 d No 65/F Ulceroglandular Serology 750 for 28 d No 40/F Ulceroglandular Serology Dox 750 for 28 d Yes; no 38/F Ulceroglandular Serology 750 for 10 d Yes 47/F Oculoglandular Serology Dox, Gm 750 for 28 d Yes; yes; yes 65/F Ulceroglandular Serology Dox 750 for 2...

Group A streptococcal (GAS) serology is used for the diagnosis of post-streptococcal diseases, such as acute rheumatic fever, and occasionally for the diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis. Experts recommend that the upper limits of normal for streptococcal serology be determined for individual populations because of differences in the epidemiology of GAS between populations. Therefore, we per...