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Date Published: 20/04/2023
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v525i1B.5077
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Vol. 525 No. 1B (2023)
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Nguyễn, T. K. V. ., & Đỗ , H. Q. C. . (2023). OVERVIEW OF CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS. Vietnam Medical Journal, 525(1B). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v525i1B.5077

OVERVIEW OF CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS

Thị Khánh Vân Nguyễn1,, Hoàng Quốc Chinh Đỗ 2
1 National Otorhinorarynology Hospital of Vietnam
2 Hanoi medical university

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Abstract

Objectives: Analysis of clinical characteristics of group A streptococcal pharyngitis. Study Design: Scoping review. Methods: We searched the database on PubMed, Medline, the electronic library of Hanoi Medical University from 2010 to 2022 related to clinical characteristics of group A streptococcal pharyngitis. Results: 40 studies were included in this review. The rate of group A streptococcal infection was highest in the 3-14 year-old group and quite low in the <3 year-old one. Symptoms in the Centor score system: tonsillitis/throat exudates, fever >380C, anterior cervical adenopathy and no cough have an average sensitivity of 60-80%. 70-85% of group A streptococcal infections in 88.9% of the studies presented lack of cough symptom. Conclusions: Clinical characteristics of group A streptococcal pharyngitis: most common in children aged 3-15 years; typical clinical symptoms are those on the Centor scale including tonsillitis/throat exudates, fever >380C, anterior cervical adenopathy and no cough.

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“pharyngitis”, “sore throat”, “tonsillitis”, “pharyngotonsillitis”, “Streptococcus pyogenes”, “Group A-haemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes”, “streptococcal pharyngitis”

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