Pharyngitis management: Defining the controversy

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-130

  Centor, Robert MacCabee ^a   Allison, Jeroan Julius ^a   Cohen, Stuart James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium necrophorum; Group A; Group C; Guidelines; Lemierre's disease; Streptococcal pharyngitis; Tonsils

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN V; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK; SOCIETY; SYMPTOM; THROAT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITALIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34248578159     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0020-4     Document Type: Review

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