Do gastrointestinal symptoms accompanying sore throat predict streptococcal pharyngitis? An UPRnet study

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-164

  Kreher, Nancy E ^a,b   Hickner, John M ^a   Barry, Henry C ^a   Messimer, Stephen R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Upper Peninsula Health Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal symptoms; Predictors; Streptococcal pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PETECHIA; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTION; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY PRACTICE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0031951885     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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