Analysis of Different Recommendations From International Guidelines for the Management of Acute Pharyngitis in Adults and Children

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-58

  Chiappini, Elena ^a   Regoli, Marta ^a   Bonsignori, Francesca ^a   Sollai, Sara ^a   Parretti, Alessandra ^a   Galli, Luisa ^a   de Martino, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult; Children; Guidelines; Pharyngitis; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; FINLAND; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANADA; CHILD; EUROPE; HUMANS; PENICILLINS; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952495145     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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