Authors

Clare Heal

MBChB, FRACGP, PhD, Professor in General Practice, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Mackay, Qld

Carrier rates of group A streptococci in Australian wet tropics and their impact on the clinical usefulness of throat swabs

The usefulness of modern point-of-care tests for group A streptococci (GAS) is determined by the presence of carriers of GAS.