Capture of Group A Streptococcus by Open-Microfluidic CandyCollect Device in Pediatric Patients.
Wan-Chen TuIngrid JeacopelloAndrea BlomElena AlfaroVictoria A M ShinkawaDaniel B HatchettJuan C SanchezAnika M McManamenXiaojing SuErwin BerthierSanitta ThongpangEllen R WaldGregory P DeMuriAshleigh B ThebergePublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)
CandyCollect devices, a child-preferred lollipop-inspired salivary pathogen collection tool, had 100% concordance with the positive results from traditional pharyngeal swabs processed with a rapid antigen detection test from pediatric patients. CandyCollect could potentially become an alternative sampling tool for diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis.