Pharyngitis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kociolek, Larry K ^a   Shulman, Stanford T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN V; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHARYNGITIS; CHOREA MINOR; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT CARE; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SORE THROAT; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLECTOMY; VIRAL PHARYNGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARYNGITIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84868120940     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-5-201209040-01003     Document Type: Article

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