Possible pulmonary involvement requiring antibiotic therapy was suspected based on the presence of the following symptoms: productive cough without nasal or throat symptoms; febrile productive cough; dyspnea or febrile dyspnea, according to expert consensus statements [15,16]. Streptococcal pharyngitis was ...
Atlas [71] 1-year PCS For each patient with symptoms of acute pharyngitis was performed a RAT and culture. AB prescriptions at the clinical encounter were compared among patients with positive or negative RAT Use of RAT and clinical score: 3B+ McIsaac [47] PCS Total and unnecessary AB. Com...
Acute Fever in Adults The onset of a fever may at times be the first indication of an illness. It is difficult to to ascertain the exact cause of a fever without the presence of other signs and symptoms and in acute cases, a fever is most likely due to an infection. In a healthy ad...
It seems that untreated superficial group A Streptococcus (GAS) disease is rather linked to streptococcal impetigo rather than pharyngitis in patients with scabies [13,14,15]. It is unknown why some children are more susceptible to develop acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. In addition, ...