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Brief Summary

GUIDELINE TITLE
Tonsillitis and pharyngitis in children.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)
Finnish Medical Society Duodecim. Tonsillitis and pharyngitis in children. In: EBM Guidelines. Evidence-Based Medicine [Internet]. Helsinki, Finland: Wiley Interscience. John Wiley & Sons; 2007 May 30 [Various].

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Diagnostics

•Diagnosis should be based on the detection of streptococci in pharyngeal secretions by culture or rapid antigen test (see picture 1 in the original guideline document). Bacteria other than streptococci need not be sought.
•A rapid culture method (Streptocult®) will give a result the next morning (see Finnish Medical Society Duodecim guideline "Throat Bacterial Swab."). If a rapid antigen test is used, a negative result should be verified by culture. (In children below 3 years of age streptococcal tonsillitis is so rare that a negative antigen test need not be controlled by culture.)

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