Early treatment of streptococcal pharyng
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Robert Lowe; Jerris R Hedges
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Article
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1984
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The concept of treating presumed streptococcal pharyngitis prior to obtaining throat culture results remains controversial. We review the rationale for early treatment and the predictive ability of current techniques for rapidly estimating the probability of streptococcal pharyngitis. Decision analy