Comparative analysis of clinical and laboratory methods for diagnosing streptococcal sore throat

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-28

  Dos Santos, Ana Gabriela Pires ^a   Berezin, Eitan N ^b,c,d  

^a Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Saõo Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases   (Brazil)

^c Pediatric Clinic

^d Ponce School of Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Group A Streptococcus; Pharyngitis; Streptococcus; Tonsilitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 28344438074     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: 00217557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/1278     Document Type: Article

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