Acute sore throat

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1961-1962

  Worrall, Graham J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Dr William H Newhook Memorial Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATHOGENESIS; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PHARYNGITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449121706     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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