Evaluation of the WHO clinical decision rule for streptococcal pharyngitis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1066-1070

  Rimoin, A W ^a   Hamza, H S ^c   Vince, A ^d   Kumar, R ^e   Walker, C F ^b   Chitale, R A ^b   Da Cunha, A L A ^f   Qazi, S ^g   Steinhoff, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d University Infectious Disease Hospital   (Croatia)

^e KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^g Federal University of Rio de Janeiro ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTPATIENT; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; DECISION MAKING; EGYPT; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 26044437219     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.069120     Document Type: Article

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