Authors

Ulrich Orda

MD, PhD, Director of Emergency Medicine Department, Mount Isa Hospital/North West Hospital and Health Service, Qld; Associate Professor, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, 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.


Improving antibiotics targeting using PCR point-of-care testing for group A streptococci in patients with uncomplicated acute sore throat

Evidence supports some beneficial effects of antibiotics prescribed to patients with a sore throat and proven presence of group A streptococci.