Variation in clinical presentation of childhood group A streptococcal pharyngitis in four countries

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 308-312

  Rimoin, Anne W ^a   Fischer Walker, Christa L ^b   Chitale, Rohit A ^c   Hamza, Hala S ^d   Vince, A ^e   Gardovska, Dace ^f   Da Cunha, Antonio L ^g   Qazi, S ^h   Steinhoff, Mark C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e Department of Infectious Disease Hospital ^*  (Croatia)

^f CHILDREN'S CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical signs; Group A beta hemolytic streptococcal (GAS); Streptococcal pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROATIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LATVIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE CONGESTION; PETECHIA; PHARYNGITIS; RHINITIS; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS; VOMITING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LATVIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHARYNGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 54949091892     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm122     Document Type: Article

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