Expand the pharyngitis paradigm for adolescents and young adults

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 812-815

  Centor, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INDICATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FAMILY MEDICINE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; NECK; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SWELLING; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71749112279     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-11-200912010-00011     Document Type: Review

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