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View Post: Health Watch Center: Pharyngitis: Most Painful Throat Inflammation!
25 Nov 2009 by expedient  
Bacteria responsible to cause severe form of pharyngitis (strep throat) include group-A streptococcus, which is the main cause for 15% of all strep throat cases. Certain other types of bacteria which rarely form sore throat include ...
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View Post: UAB physician urges changes in diagnosis for sore throat in young ...
30 Nov 2009 by BJS  
New analysis from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) suggests that physicians need to re-think their diagnosis and treatment of sore throat, or pharyngitis, in adolescents and young adults to consider a more newly identified ...
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View Post: Street Rat Crazy Saloon: The problem with strep throat
19 Nov 2009 by Thai  
4. Throat cultures are very sensitive (>90%) and considered a gold standard in diagnosing strep throat. 5. Throat culture results can take 3 days 6. If someone has strep pharyngitis, they can (should?) be treated with antibiotics ...
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View Post: DB's Medical Rants » Blog Archive » Expand the pharyngitis ...
30 Nov 2009 by rcentor  
December 1, 2009 6:47; DB's Medical Rants » Blog Archive » Expand the pharyngitis paradigm UAB video http://ow.ly/HjnTNovember 30, 2009 6:03; RT @UABNews: Robert Centor, MD (@medrants) Urges Changes in Diagnosis for Sore Throat in Young ...
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View Post: I have pharyngitis or strep throat?
30 Oct 2009 by Jonny  
I have pharyngitis or strep throat? I was diagnosed with bacterial pharyngitis yesterday, does that mean it is strep throat. I have antibiotics and was also wondering what would happen if I didn't take them? ...
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View Post: Difference Between Tonsillitis and Strep Throat
Difference ...
20 Nov 2009 by lanceabish   ...
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View Post: Itchy Throat : Sore Throat Causes
Home Remedy for Sore Throat ...
15 Nov 2009 by Holistic Health   ...
View Blog: Treat and Relieve Sore ThroatQuestion: I'm 12 weeks pregn... Strep Throat Remedies : Sore Throat Causes

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View Post: How Can I Tell If I Have Strep Throat?
27 Nov 2009 by candacewhitlock  
Streptococcal Pharyngitis, commonly known as strep throat, is often first thought to be merely a sore throat or a cold, but is much more severe. There are certain ways to avoid the common misdiagnosis. Sore throats are caused by yeast, ...
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View Post: two (presidential) terms later: doctor's corner: pharyngitis
7 Oct 2009 by Aaron K  
Pharyngitis is actually a very broad diagnosis that can be due to a number of causes, the vast majority viral. While everyone has probably had a case of strep throat as a child, caused by the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes, ...
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