Participatory medicine: A home score for streptococcal pharyngitis enabled by real-time biosurveillance a cohort study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 577-583

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

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CENTOR SCORE; CLINICAL BIOSURVEILLANCE SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HOME SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCISAAC SCORE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHARYNGITIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887896253     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-9-201311050-00003     Document Type: Article

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