Is streptococcal pharyngitis diagnosis possible?;¿Es posible el diagnóstico clínico de la faringoamigdalitis estreptocócica?

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 361-365

  Cañada, Jaime Marín ^a   Serna, Ana Cubillo ^a   Cruz, Nieves Gómez Escalonilla ^a   De La Iglesia, Jesús Garzón ^b   Ortiz, Luis Benito ^a   Fernández, M Nieves Reyes ^a  

^a Centro de Salud San Fernando   (Spain)

^b Mejorada del Campo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pharyngitis; Predictive value of tests; Primary health care; Sensitivity and specificity; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORE THROAT; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PHARYNGITIS; THROAT CULTURE; TONSIL DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 34547815157     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: 15781275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13107724     Document Type: Article

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