Large-scale validation of the centor and mcisaac scores to predict group A streptococcal pharyngitis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 847-852

  Fine, Andrew M ^a,b   Nizet, Victor ^d   Mandl, Kenneth D ^a,b,c,e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Harvard Medical School Center for Biomedical Informatics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTOR SCORE; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCISAAC SCORE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862278882     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.950     Document Type: Article

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