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Purpose : Accurate diagnosis and prompt treatment of infection with Streptococcus
pyogenes (group A streptococci) is required as it may cause many complications, and
chronic serious sequelae, acute rheumatic fever and acute glomerulonephritis. Recently,
the assay methods of ASO concentration tend to be changed into quantitatively from
semi-quantitative or qualitative methods in this country. We would like to know
relationships and degree of concurrences between... |