Predicting streptococcal pharyngitis in adults in primary care: A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of symptoms and signs and validation of the Centor score

BMC Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Aalbers, Jolien ^a,b   O'Brien, Kirsty K ^a   Chan, Wai Sun ^a   Falk, Gavin A ^a   Teljeur, Conor ^c   Dimitrov, Borislav D ^a   Fahey, Tom ^a  

^a Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School   (Ireland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CENTOR SCORE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 79957658663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-67     Document Type: Article

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