Diagnosing Strep Throat in the Adult Patient: Do Clinical Criteria Really Suffice?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 150-151

  Bisno, Alan L ^a,b  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; OPTICAL IMMUNOASSAY; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; NOTE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0042303748     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-2-200307150-00015     Document Type: Review

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