Acute Pharyngitis
M proteins of group C streptococci isolated from patients with acute pharyngitis
... with acute pharyngitis and 5 strains isolated from patients with noninfectious ...two pharyngitis strains were identical and were 88% homologous to the amino acid sequence of a group G M-protein ...
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Evaluation of Rational Drug Use for Acute Pharyngitis Associated with the Incidence and Prevalence of the Disease at Two Community Health Centers in Indonesia
... of acute pharyngitis caused by bacteria, viruses, and other microbes are generally overlapping and difficult to ...of acute pharyngitis is a key point in determining the optimal ...of ...
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Comparison among nasopharyngeal swab, nasal wash, and oropharyngeal swab for respiratory virus detection in adults with acute pharyngitis
... Some studies have recommended collection with a com- bination of two or more sampling methods as the most effective approach [45,46]However, the use of multiple sampling methods increases cost and wastes medical re- ...
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Update on the management of acute pharyngitis in children
... GABHS pharyngitis can be done by a throat culture or rapid diagnostic test for GABHS ...for acute pharyngitis in 6 community pediatric offices demonstrate that Rapid antigen-detection test ...
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Rapid Group A Streptococcal Antigen Detection Kit: Effect on Antimicrobial Therapy for Acute Pharyngitis
... Newly introduced rapid diagnostic tests for group A streptococcal pharyngitis should facilitate appro- priate antimicrobial use in patients with group A strep-.. tococcal pharyngitis.[r] ...
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Acute Pharyngitis: Etiology and Diagnosis
... Comparative reliability of dinical, culture, and antigen detection methods for the diagnosis of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis. Schwartz B, Fries 5, Fitzgibbon [r] ...
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Clinicians' Management of Children and Adolescents With Acute Pharyngitis
... Of the 2000 physicians surveyed, 1193 (60%; 603 pedi- atricians, 590 family physicians) responded. Of these, 948 (79%) were eligible for analysis. Respondent demo- graphics are presented in Table 1. For responses to cur- ...
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<p>Locally Delivered Flurbiprofen 8.75 mg for Treatment and Prevention of Sore Throat: A Narrative Review of Clinical Studies</p>
... for acute pharyngitis, and two reporting studies of fl urbiprofen for the prevention of postoperative sore throat ...in acute pharyngitis demonstrated that single- and multiple-dose fl ...
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Vol 14, No 2 (2020)
... of acute pharyngitis has a list of symptoms and signs that are considered suggestive of GABHS pharyngitis in a ...GABHS pharyngitis presented with a cluster of all the four parameters, ...
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Development of a fast and low-cost qPCR assay for diagnosis of acute gas pharyngitis
... In this study, RADT provided the fastest results, but exhibited only 69.4 % sensitivity compared to that of cul- ture. Due to difficulties in the sampling from children, the swab used for RADT was first used to inoculate ...
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Analysis of knowledge about acute granular pharyngitis among Tiruchirapalli school children and their parents: connotation for preventing further complications
... Although acute pharyngitis is one of the most frequent infections seen among school-aged children, GAS pharyngitis accounts for a very small percentage of such ...GAS pharyngitis and ...
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In Which Journals Will Pediatricians Find the Best Evidence for Clinical Practice?
... The pediatricians at each of the 4 study centers (all private pediatric offices) used their own judgment in deciding what signs and symptoms were “consistent with acute pharyngitis” and from whom to obtain ...
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Estimated burden of group a streptococcal pharyngitis among children in Beijing, China
... or pharyngitis and to record the weekly numbers of out- patient visits by age groups (0–4 years, and 5–14 years) on a fixed ...with pharyngitis diag- nosed by clinicians were randomly selected from each ...
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Burden of Acute Sore Throat and Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis in School-aged Children and Their Families in Australia
... GAS pharyngitis, and serologically confirmed GAS pharyngi- ...GAS pharyngitis. Un- equivocal GAS pharyngitis was any patient with a posi- tive GAS culture and ⬎ ...between acute and ...
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Detection of group a streptococcal pharyngitis by quantitative PCR
... GAS pharyngitis is usually self-limiting, rapid and accurate detection is important, as early treat- ment with appropriate antibiotics is known to reduce symptom severity and duration, decrease transmission of the ...
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A Complicated Course of Acute Viral Induced Pharyngitis, Icteric Hepatitis, Acalculous Cholecystitis, and Skin Rash
... streptococcal pharyngitis was diagnosed in an outpatient visit by a general practitioner and intramuscular penicillin G and cefixime were prescribed for three ...
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Group A Streptococci Among School-Aged Children: Clinical Characteristics and the Carrier State
... GAS pharyngitis (in which sore throat was the prominent complaint) was classified both clinically and bacteriologically in follow-up evaluations, on the basis of the result of the throat culture and the presence ...
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Over prescription of antibiotics for adult pharyngitis is prevalent in developing countries but can be reduced using McIsaac modification of Centor scores: a cross-sectional study
... First-line agents for treatment of bacterial pharyngitis include penicillin, ampicillin or amoxicillin. 13 Alternative options include erythromycin (especially in patients with a non-life-threatening allergy to ...
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Burden and Economic Cost of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis
... “When Heidi L. Hoefer, a veterinarian who specializes in treating small exotic pets like birds and rabbits, used to practice in New York, ‘a week didn’t go by that we didn’t have a case of lead poisoning in small birds,’ ...
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Tularemia: An Unappreciated Cause of Exudative Pharyngitis
... Physical examination at admission revealed a temperature of 39.4 C, markedly enlarged and tender anterior, cervical lymph nodes, exudative pharyngotonsilli- tis, with a greyish membrane [r] ...
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