Evaluation of a streptococcal pharyngitis score in Southern Taiwan

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-54

  Shih, Ching Tang ^a   Lin, Ching Chiang ^a,b   Lu, Chung Ching ^a  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

epidemiology; Group A streptococcus; pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COUGHING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCISAAC SCORE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RASH; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RHINORRHEA; SCARLET FEVER; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS SCORE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TAIWAN; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; SCARLET FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84862779356     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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