Diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis: differentiation of active infection from the carrier state in the symptomatic child.

Adolescent Age Factors Antibodies/analysis Carrier State/diagnosis,microbiology Child Child, Preschool Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Lymphadenitis Male Nose/microbiology Pharyngitis/diagnosis,microbiology Pharynx/microbiology Rheumatic Fever/diagnosis Rhinitis/diagnosis,microbiology Species Specificity Streptococcal Infections/diagnosis,microbiology Streptococcus/isolation & purification

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