[The rapid diagnosis of acute streptococcal infection in children].

The present work deals with trials of the method of rapid diagnosis of streptococcal infection, carried out in children's infectious hospital, with the use of a new diagnostic kit. The proposed diagnosticum has proved to be highly sensitive and specific in scarlet fever and tonsillitis. The sensitivity and specificity of the diagnosticum depend on the duration of the disease, prehospital treatment and the quality of the bacteriological analysis.