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DATE PUBLISHED: 2020 Feb 07
JOURNAL:Pediatr Infect Dis J
PUBMED: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32040013?dopt=Abstract
Among children with pharyngitis who test positive for group A Streptococcus (GAS), 10%-25% are GAS carriers. Current laboratory methods cannot distinguish acute infection from colonization.