Rapid test, throat culture and clinical assessment in the diagnosis of tonsillitis

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 108-111

  Johansson, Lennart ^a   Månsson, Nils Ove ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antigen detection test; Clinical assessment; Rapid test; Streptococci; Throat culture; Throat infection; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SWEDEN; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0242417612     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/20.2.108     Document Type: Article

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