Open AccessTHE ASO REACTION – CLINICAL USES AND LABORATORY METHODS
Author(s) -
Alexandra Gireadă,
Nicolae Bacalbaşa,
Irina Bălescu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
romanian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-606X
pISSN - 1220-5478
DOI - 10.37897/rmj.2015.3.7
Subject(s) - epidemiology , population , medicine , age groups , titer , demography , environmental health , immunology , sociology , antibody
ASO reaction is one of the most commonly used laboratory tests especially due to the fact that Group A Streptococcal infection is a very often seen situation. Epidemiological studies have shown that ASO titers widely vary among different age groups and population groups; wide variations related to the moment of determination have been also reported.