RT Book, Section
A1 Usatine, Richard P.
A1 Smith, Mindy A.
A1 Chumley, Heidi S.
A1 Mayeaux, E.J.
SR Print(0)
ID 57672393
T1 Chapter 35. Pharyngitis
T2 The Color Atlas of Family Medicine, 2e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176964-8
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57672393
RD 2024/09/20
AB A  27-year-old  woman  complains  of  2  days  of  sore  throat,  fever,  and  chills.  She  is  unable  to  swallow  anything  other  than  liquids  because  of  severe  odynophagia.  She  denies  any  congestion  or  cough.  On  examination,  she  has  bilateral  tonsillar  erythema  and  exudate  (Figure  35-1).  Her  anterior  cervical  lymph  nodes  are  tender.  Based  on  the  presence  of  fever,  absence  of  cough,  tender  lymphadenopathy,  and  tonsillar  exudate,  she  is  diagnosed  with  a  high  probability  of  group  A  β-hemolytic  Streptococcus  (GABHS)  pharyngitis  and  prescribed  antibiotics.