Compliance of resident and staff physicians with IDSA guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-88

  Fakih, Mohamad G ^a,b   Berschback, John ^a   Juzych, Nadia Shalauta ^c   Massanari, R Michael ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Michigan Public Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 33646528851     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000198462.55744.f8     Document Type: Article

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