Streptococcal pharyngitis in a paediatric emergency department

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 420-423

  Edmond, Karen M ^a,b   Grimwood, Keith ^a,c   Carlin, John B ^a,d   Chondros, Patty ^a,d   Hogg, Geoffrey G ^a,e   Barnett, Peter L J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Ctr Comm Child Hlth Ambulatory P   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Clin Epidemiol and Biostatist U

^e Dept of Microbiol and Infect Dis ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0029988265     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb138577.x     Document Type: Article

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