Accuracy and interobserver variation of three clinical decision rules for the diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 686-687

  Orofino, Dulce Helena Gonçalves ^a,b   Passos, Sônia Regina Lambert ^a   De Andrade, Carlos Augusto Ferreira ^a   Nigri, Daniel ^b   Dos Santos Werneck, Lúcia ^c   De Oliveira, Raquel Carvalhaes ^a   Hökerberg, Yara Hahr Marques ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b Souza Marques Medical School   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Infection Control Committee   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Rheumatic fever; Sensitivity; Specificity; Streptococcal pharyngitis; Test reproducibility; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84879214864     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182868b32     Document Type: Article

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