Chronic streptococcal and non-streptococcal pharyngitis

Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 281-285

  Murray, R C ^a,b   Chennupati, S K ^b,c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pharyngitis; Group a hemolytic streptococcus pyogenes (gas); Intracapsular tonsillectomy; Quality of life (qol); Tonsillitis; Waldeyer's ring

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CERVICAL ADENITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONSTREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PFAPA SYNDROME; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCARLET FEVER; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SUPPURATION; VIRAL PHARYNGITIS; WALDEYER RING;

EID: 84863550893     PISSN: 18715265     EISSN: 18755852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152612801319311     Document Type: Article

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