About 150,000 pregnant women - one in five - carry group-B streptococcus ... and if you're going to test, is it better to do a culture test at 35 to 37 weeks pregnancy or a bedside test?

QuStick Strep A kits use a simple dip stick format. Each kit includes individually pouched test strips, reagent A and B, positive and negative external controls, polyester throat swabs ...

Though strep throat is most common in children ... This is one reason a throat culture or rapid test "is needed to confirm it," says Dr. Melissa Zheng, an otolaryngologist at Mayo Clinic in ...