Adolescent and adult pharyngitis: More than "strep throat"

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 852-853

  Centor, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; FUSOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FUSOBACTERIAL PHARYNGITIS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRANGLES; VIRUS INFECTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84862271856     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1741     Document Type: Note

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