FeverPAIN Score for Strep Pharyngitis
Predicts likelihood of strep throat.
0 points
13-18% isolation of streptococcus.
Unlikely streptococcal infection; antibiotics not recommended.
Unlikely streptococcal infection; antibiotics not recommended.
Dr. Paul Little
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Paul Little, MD, MBBS, is a clinical professor and practicing general clinician at the University of Southampton, UK. He was the first general practitioner to be awarded a Wellcome HSR training fellowship, and the first to be awarded an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship. His two main areas of research are health promotion and the management of common self-limiting illnesses.
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