Pharyngitis - Principles of judicious use of antimicrobial agents

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 1 II SUPPL., 1998, Pages 171-174

  Schwartz, Benjamin ^a   Marcy, S Michael ^b   Phillips, William R ^c   Gerber, Michael A ^d   Dowell, Scott F ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c North west Family Medicine   (United States)

^d

^e United States

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial therapy; Diagnosis; Group A Streptococcus; Pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031964113     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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