TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Pharyngitis
A1  - Paik, S. Margaret
A2  - Sherman, Scott C.
A2  - Weber, Joseph M.
A2  - Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2  - Rahul G., Patwari
PY  - 2014
T2  - Clinical Emergency Medicine
AB  - Distinguish  potentially  life-threatening  (epiglottitis,  peritonsillar,  and  retropharyngeal  abscess)  and  benign  (uncomplicated  pharyngitis)  conditions.Use  a  scoring  system  to  guide  management  of  pharyngitis.Suspected  group  A  β-hemolytic  streptococcus  (GABHS)  infections  can  be  confirmed  by  performing  a  rapid  antigen  screening  test  or  a  throat  culture.Antibiotic  treatment  is  used  to  prevent  suppurative  and  nonsuppurative  (immune-mediated)  complications  GABHS.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/25
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101225735
ER  -