Clinical predictors of streptococcal pharyngitis in adults

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 413-415

  Chazan, Bibiana ^a   Shaabi, Mohamed ^a   Bishara, Elias ^b,c   Colodner, Raul ^a   Raz, Raul ^a,c  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinical predictors; Group A Streptococcus; Pharyngitis; Throat culture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; PATIENT TREATMENT; VIRUSES;

SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

DISEASE CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HALITOSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORE THROAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SWALLOWING; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; THROAT CULTURE; TONSIL; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; ISRAEL; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0038340382     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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