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Strep throat
Introduction: Strep throat
Strep throat: Streptococcal bacterial throat infection. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Strep throat is available below.
Symptoms of Strep throat
See full list of 10 symptoms of Strep throat
Home Diagnostic Testing
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Medical Textbooks Online about Strep throat
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
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- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
- [ read ]
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
- [ read ]
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
- [ read ]
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
- [ read ]
Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Diagnostic Tests for Strep throat
Test for Strep throat in your own home
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- Rapid strep test (10-20 minutes)
- Throat swab culture
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Strep throat?
- Misdiagnosis of Strep throat
- Underlying causes of Strep throat (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
Misdiagnosis and Strep throat
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Causes of Strep throat
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More information about causes of Strep throat:
- Medications, drugs, or substances causing Strep throat (2 listings)
- Strep throat as a complication caused by other conditions
- Strep throat as a symptom
Treatments for Strep throat
- Antibiotics
- Penicillin - the first line treatment
- Erythromycin - alternative for those with penicillin allergies.
- Second-line antibiotics
See full list of 7 treatments for Strep throat
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Statistics for Strep throat
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- Death and Mortality statistics for Strep throat
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Definitions of Strep throat:
An infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcus - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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- Gag reflex abnormalities [Pharyngeal reflex abnormalities] (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
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- Pharyngitis (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
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- Glomerulo-nephritis, acute poststreptococcal (Handbook of Diseases)
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