TY - GEN AU - Pakinam Abdelaty Abdeltawab AU - Hala Salah Eldin Hamza , AU - Naglaa Abdelrahman Mosaad , AU - Soha Mohamed Mohamed Emam , TI - Development of clinical prediction instrument for group (A) beta hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis in children / PY - 2008/// CY - Cairo : PB - Pakinam Abdelaty Abdeltawab , KW - Barr virus KW - Epstein KW - Rheumatic heart disease N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - The study included 1626 children 26.4per'cent (N : 430) of the children had a positive throat culture for group a B - hemolytic streptococci , 42.3per'cent were girls , 45.5per'cent were above 5 years of age.The highest rate of positive culture was in children above 5 years of age 51.7per'cent , p - value=0.002 ER -