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Title: Don't rely on clinical criteria for adult strep throat diagnosis: avoid overtreatment.(News)
Author: Nancy Walsh
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
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Title: Updated guidance on strep throat treatment revealed. (Only 30% of Patients Will Have Group A).
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Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
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Title: Amoxicillin, penicillin fail too often vs. strep throat.(News)
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Title: Strep throat can cause anorexia nervosa, OCD: rarely, group a [beta]-hemolytic streptococcal infection can lead to sudden onset of psychiatric symptoms.(Infectious Diseases)
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Title: Strep throat: Penicillin not always best. (Failures on the Rise).
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Title: Cephalosporins best penicillin for strep throat.(Infectious Diseases)
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Title: Testing for Strep Throat Before Using Antibiotics.
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Title: PANDAS: atypical strep throat and OCD. (In Consult).(pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with group A beta hemolytic streptococci; obsessive-compulsive disorder)
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Title: Ask Doctor Cory.(children's health questions on chickenpox, vomiting and strep throat)(Brief Article)
Author: Cory SerVaas
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Title: Need for culture after rapid strep test questioned. (Are False Negatives on Rapid Test Too High?).
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Title: Rapid test called not yet reliable for strep diagnosis.(Infectious Diseases)
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• Treatments -- overview of conventional methods of care ormanagement of the condition, such as drugs, surgeries, physicaltherapy, etc.
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• Prognosis -- probable outcome of the disease
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• Definitions -- brief dictionary-style definition of the test/treatment
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• Normal results -- for tests, describes the normal values; for treatments, describes the anticipated outcomes
• Abnormal results -- defines abnormal test values

Published/Released: December 2001