A scoring system for management of acute pharyngo-tonsillitis in adults

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 314-320

  Suzumoto, Masaki ^a,c   Hotomi, Muneki ^a,c   Billal, Dewan S ^a,c   Fujihara, Keiji ^a,c   Harabuchi, Yasuaki ^b,c   Yamanaka, Noboru ^a,c  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c Pharyngo Tonsillitis Study Group (PhaTONS)   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute pharyngo tonsillitis; Clinical score; CRP; Streptococcus pyogenes; WBC

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNX DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOIDS; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64749097502     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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