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Centor criteria in children in a paediatric emergency department: for what it is worth

INTRODUCTION: Centor criteria (fever >38.5°C, swollen, tender anterior cervical lymph nodes, tonsillar exudate and absence of cough) are an algorithm to assess the probability of group A β haemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) as the origin of sore throat, developed for adults. We wanted to evaluate t...

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Autores principales: Roggen, Inge, van Berlaer, Gerlant, Gordts, Frans, Pierard, Denis, Hubloue, Ives
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3641432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23613571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002712