Diagnosis of strep throat in adults: Are clinical criteria really good enough?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 126-129

  Bisno, Alan L ^a   Peter, Garnet S ^a   Kaplan, Edward L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0037100326     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342056     Document Type: Review

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