{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["76(3)"],"submitter":["Nygren D"],"funding":["Swedish Government Funds for Clinical Research","Region Skåne"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Most pharyngotonsillitis guidelines focus on the identification of group A streptococci (GAS), guided by clinical scores determining whom to test with a rapid antigen detection test. Nevertheless, many patients testing negative with this test are evaluated for group C/G streptococci (GCS/GGS) and Fusobacterium necrophorum, yet their importance remains debated. Our primary aim was to evaluate associations between complications and findings of F. necrophorum, GAS, or GCS/GGS in pharyngotonsillitis.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a retrospective, registry-based study of pharyngotonsillitis cases tested for F. necrophorum (polymerase chain reaction) and β-hemolytic streptococci (culture) in the Skåne Region, Sweden, in 2013-2020. Patients with prior complications or antibiotics (wi"],"journal":["Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America"],"pagination":["e1428-e1435"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9907503"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Associations Between Findings of Fusobacterium necrophorum or β-Hemolytic Streptococci and Complications in Pharyngotonsillitis-A Registry-Based Study in Southern Sweden."],"pmcid":["PMC9907503"],"pubmed_authors":["Wasserstrom L","Nygren D","Torisson G","Holm K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Associations Between Findings of Fusobacterium necrophorum or β-Hemolytic Streptococci and Complications in Pharyngotonsillitis-A Registry-Based Study in Southern Sweden.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Most pharyngotonsillitis guidelines focus on the identification of group A streptococci (GAS), guided by clinical scores determining whom to test with a rapid antigen detection test. Nevertheless, many patients testing negative with this test are evaluated for group C/G streptococci (GCS/GGS) and Fusobacterium necrophorum, yet their importance remains debated. Our primary aim was to evaluate associations between complications and findings of F. necrophorum, GAS, or GCS/GGS in pharyngotonsillitis.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a retrospective, registry-based study of pharyngotonsillitis cases tested for F. necrophorum (polymerase chain reaction) and β-hemolytic streptococci (culture) in the Skåne Region, Sweden, in 2013-2020. Patients with prior complications or antibiotics (wi","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Feb","modification":"2025-04-27T02:46:50.019Z","creation":"2025-04-06T18:40:31.076Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9907503","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36069108"],"doi":["10.1093/cid/ciac736"]}}