Group G Streptococcal Pharyngitis: Analysis of an Outbreak at a College

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 248, Issue 11, 1982, Pages 1333-1336

  Mccue, Jack D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN V;

BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; STUDENT; THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMAN; NORTH CAROLINA; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOLYSINS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0019968983     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1982.03330110029020     Document Type: Article

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