Publications by authors named "Aurelino Rocha Barbosa Junior"
Objective:: To assess the utility of clinical features for diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis in pediatrics.
Methods:: A total of 335 children aged 1-18 years old and presenting clinical manifestations of acute pharyngotonsillitis (APT) were subjected to clinical interviews, physical examinations, and throat swab specimen collection to perform cultures and latex particle agglutination tests (LPATs) for group A streptococcus (GAS) detection. Signs and symptoms of patients were compared to their throat cultures and LPATs results.