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Pharyngitis and Epiglottitis

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2007
Acute pharyngitis is one of the most common illnesses for which patients visit primary care physicians. Most cases are of viral origin, and with few exceptions these illnesses are both benign and self-limited. The most important bacterial cause is the beta-hemolytic group A streptococcus. There are other uncommon or rare types of pharyngitis.
Alcaide, Maria L., Bisno, Alan L.
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A Prospective Study of Nonsuppurative Complications of Streptococcal Pharyngitis [PDF]

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2016
Objective: Group A Streptococci (GAS) are the most important bacterial cause of pharyngitis. Antibiotic therapy can be prescribed and failure to treat it is associated with suppurative and nonsuppurative complications.
Mesut Yılmaz, Mehmet Gündüz, Ferhat Arslan, Abdülkadir Yıldız, Nigar Büşra Gümrükçüoğlu , Zehra Aras, Ece Kaya, Ceren Gülpınar, Arzu Dobral, Ali Mert   +9 more
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Role of clinical findings in diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis

Iranian South Medical Journal, 2004
Beta-hemolytic streptococci are responsible for suppurative and non-suppurative complications and are potentially highly transmissible. It is a challenge to tell which patients with sore throat have streptococcal pharyngitis and which have viral illness.
Katayoon vahdat, Mohammad Ali Haghighi, Parvaneh Paydar   +2 more
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Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis elicits diverse antibody responses to key vaccine antigens influenced by the imprint of past infections

Nature Communications
Knowledge gaps regarding human immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes have impeded vaccine development. To address these gaps and evaluate vaccine candidates, we established a human challenge model of S. pyogenes pharyngitis.
Joshua Osowicki, Hannah R. Frost, Kristy I. Azzopardi, Alana L. Whitcombe, Reuben McGregor, Lauren H. Carlton, Ciara Baker, Loraine Fabri, Manisha Pandey, Michael F. Good, Jonathan R. Carapetis, Mark J. Walker, Pierre R. Smeesters, Paul V. Licciardi, Nicole J. Moreland, Danika L. Hill, Andrew C. Steer   +16 more
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DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE PHARYNGITIS IN CHILDREN

Педиатрическая фармакология, 2014
This literature review is dedicated to the issue of clinical and laboratory diagnosis of acute pharyngitis in children and adolescents. Relevance of the topic is justified by omnipresent (up to 70% of patients with acute pharyngitis) unreasonable ...
T. V. Kulichenko, A. M. Kabaloeva, Yu. S. Lashkova, M. A. Lazareva   +3 more
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Predicting streptococcal pharyngitis in adults in primary care: a systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of symptoms and signs and validation of the Centor score [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Stratifying patients with a sore throat into the probability of having an underlying bacterial or viral cause may be helpful in targeting antibiotic treatment.
O'Brien Kirsty K, Borislav D Dimitrov, Gavin A Falk, Chan, Wai-Sun, Conor Teljeur (4864684), Wai-Sun Chan (32336), Aalbers Jolien, Fahey Tom, Jolien Aalbers, Chan Wai-Sun, Jolien Aalbers (7944122), Teljeur Conor, Gavin A. Falk (7944125), Aalbers, Jolien, Kirsty K. O'Brien (7943054), Tom Fahey (7896266), Teljeur, Conor, Conor Teljeur, Dimitrov, Borislav D., Tom Fahey, Borislav D. Dimitrov (7942988), Dimitrov Borislav D, Wai-Sun Chan, Fahey, Tom, O'Brien, Kirsty K., Falk Gavin A, Kirsty K O'Brien, Falk, Gavin A.   +27 more
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Housing characteristics as a determinant for acute pharyngitis among toddlers [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction: Acute pharyngitis is an inflammatory disease of the throat (pharynx) that occurs suddenly and often occurs in children. The physical house environment is suspected to be a risk factor for acute pharyngitis in toddlers.
Kusumawati, Yuli, Jalaludin, Juliana, Lestari 1, Novantyas Dwi Siwi   +2 more
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Nanobiosensor Based on Sugar Code-AuNPs Aggregation: A Key to Opening New Gates in Rapid Diagnosis of Streptococcal Pharyngitis

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022
Streptococcal pharyngitis is mainly caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS), which if left untreated can lead to rheumatic heart disease. The accurate diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis is a challenge for clinicians because several symptoms of ...
Sahar Mohajeri, Saeed Moayedi, Leila Azimi, Mohammad Akrami, Mazda Rad-Malekshahi, Mohammad Reza Fazeli, Fatemeh Fallah, Ismaeil Haririan   +7 more
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Detection of Streptococcus pyogenes from Throat Swab in Acute Pharyngitis Patients

Althea Medical Journal, 2016
Background: Pharyngitis is an inflammation of throat that may be caused by viral and bacteria. Although Streptococcus pyogenes is only responsible for 5−15% of cases of pharyngitis in adults.
Ibnu Tsabit Maulana, Imam Megantara, Ike Rostikawati Husen   +2 more
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Paediatrics: how to manage pharyngitis in an era of increasing antimicrobial resistance

Drugs in Context, 2021
The goal of this narrative review of pharyngitis is to summarize the practical aspects of the management of sore throat in children in high- and middle-income countries. A traditional review of the literature was performed.
Joan L Robinson
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