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Beta-haemolytic streptococci isolated from acute sore-throat patients: cause or coincidence? A case-control study in general practice.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Zwart S, Ruijs G J, Sachs A P, van Leeuwen W J, Gubbels J W, de Melker R A
Abstract excerpt
As beta-haemolytic streptococci can be cultured in people with and in those without a sore throat, a case-control study was set up in 43 family practices in The Netherlands. The association was tested between the number of colony counts, specific T/M types and exotoxin genes and an acute sore throat. Duplicate throat swabs were taken from 663 sore-throat patients, selected by clinical criteria, and from 694...
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