• Primary care · Dec 1996

    Review

    Pharyngitis.

    • D B Middleton.
    • St. Margaret Memorial Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15215, USA.
    • Prim. Care. 1996 Dec 1; 23 (4): 719-39.

    AbstractThis article reviews the commonly encountered agents causing acute inflammation of the pharynx and tonsils, with special attention to a practical approach for identifying and dealing with the group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus. Ubiquitous viral agents such as Epstein-Barr virus, rhinovirus, and adenovirus are reviewed. Some agents such as group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus and Epstein-Barr virus are susceptible to treatment. Additionally, unusual infectious agents and noninfectious causes of pharyngitis are enumerated.

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