STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS
by J Fox

1. Affects both genders equally
2. Antibiotics
3. Epidemiology
3.1. Rapid onset
3.2. Peaks in winter and early Spring
4. Treatment
5. Diagnosis
5.1. Based on presentation
5.1.1. Presents differently in children
5.1.1.1. exclusionary symptoms
6. Invasion of micoorganisms
7. diffuse Exudate
8. Clinical presentation
8.1. Painful sore throat
8.2. Poor appetite
8.3. Fever >101 degrees child's fever is 102.8
9. Pathophysiology
9.1. Microorganisms penetrate mucous barrier and attach to epithelial cells
10. Adaptive responses
10.1. Swollen tonsils 4+ edema
11. Risk Factors
11.1. Upper respiratory infections
11.1.1. environment