Diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis in the office: An old solution reconsidered;Diagnóstico de la faringitis estreptocócica en la consulta de atención primaria: Una antigua solución reconsiderada

Acta Pediatrica Espanola

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 314-320

  Unceta Barrenechea Aguirre, L ^a   Cuerno Rios Y ^a   Gonzalez Santamaria A ^a   Santos Sanchez J C ^a   Fleitas Quintero, C ^a   Piedra Anton L ^a  

^a Centro de Salud Dobra   (Spain)

Author keywords

In office throat culture; Pharyngitis; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACITRACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INOCULATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 27644437571     PISSN: 00016640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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