Clinical features of district hospital paediatric patients with pharyngeal group A streptococci

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-79

  Hossain, Pirkko ^a   Kostiala, Anja ^a   Lyytikäinen, Outi ^b   Kurki, Seija ^a  

^a JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PHARYNGITIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0345700644     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000026987     Document Type: Article

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