Evaluation and management of pediatric patients with recurrent follicular tonsillitis /
تقييم و علاج الاطفال المصابين بالتهاب اللوز الصديدى المتكرر
Hala Mohammed Hussein ; Supervised Faten M. Abdelaziz , Aya Mohammed Fattouh , Reem Ibrahim Ismail
- Cairo : Hala Mohammed Hussein , 2012
- 120 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics
Pharyngitis due to group (A) beta hemolytic streptococcus (GABHS) assumes a special significance because of the risk of subsequent theumatic fever (RF) and chronic rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the infected child. About 10-30% of acute pharyngitis is caused by (GABHS). About 0.3-3% of patients of untreated (GABHS) pharyngitis go on to develop RF