Clinical features of district hospital paediatric patients with pharyngeal group A streptococci

Scand J Infect Dis. 2003;35(1):77-9. doi: 10.1080/0036554021000026987.

Abstract

The clinical presentation of district hospital paediatric patients with pharyngeal group A streptococci (GAS) was compared with that of children who were proven negative for GAS. The most significant clinical feature of children 3 y of age or under was cervical lymphadenopathy. In all age groups abdominal pain was as common as sore throat and could be intense enough to mask throat symptoms.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Age Distribution
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cohort Studies
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Female
  • Finland / epidemiology
  • Hospitals, Pediatric
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Nasopharynx / microbiology
  • Pharyngitis / epidemiology
  • Pharyngitis / microbiology
  • Reference Values
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Streptococcal Infections / epidemiology
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification*
  • Tonsillitis / epidemiology
  • Tonsillitis / microbiology