TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Pharyngitis & Tonsillitis A1 - Kozin, Elliott D. A1 - Lustig, Lawrence R. A2 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. A2 - Rabow, Michael W. A2 - McQuaid, Kenneth R. PY - 2023 T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023 AB - ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSISCentor criteria for streptococcal pharyngitis: exudate or swelling on tonsils, anterior cervical adenopathy, fever, lack of cough.Goal is to treat group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection to prevent subsequent rheumatic fever (rash, arthralgias, myocardtis) and other sequelae (glomerulonephritis, posterior pharyngeal abscess). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/12 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193145494 ER -