rapid test rapid test rapid detection test rapid test widely assist diagnosis caused group gas termed throat currently types rapid test use employing distinct technology work detecting presence gas throat patient responding gas specific throat applications rapid test assist deciding patient common infection throat viral responsible majority significant proportion children adults caused infection symptoms viral infection indistinguishable effectively treated major cause gas presence organism patient throat seen necessary condition gas self limiting infection usually resolve week medication reduce length severity illness reduce risk certain rare complications public health benefit addition undesirable effects individual inappropriate use thought contribute development drug resistant strains bacteria helping identify infection help limit use viral illnesses beneficial clinical guidelines recommend use patients guidelines consistently favor use european use beneficial world complications infection prevalent use regions studied culture throat reliable affordable alternative high sensitivity culture requires special facilities usually takes hours result result minutes procedure patient throat collect sample sample exposed reagent containing specifically gas positive result certain visible reaction major types latex test developed 1980s largely obsolete employs latex covered visibly gas present second lateral flow test currently widely sample applied strip film gas present migrate film form visible line bound labeled optical newest expensive test involves mixing sample labeled special substrate film changes colour signal presence absence gas interpretation presence gas studies finding close test result positive presence gas highly likely individuals carry gas infection presence gas individual prove organism responsible infection sensitivity lateral flow somewhat lower negative result test rule gas considerable disadvantage compared culture sensitivity newer optical found higher sensitivity distinguish gas infection carriage organism authorities recommend treatment event positive result patient sore throat guidelines recommend following negative result culture european guidelines suggest relying negative
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