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Pharyngitis
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Other causes of sore throat
- Peritonsillar abscess
- Oral candidiasis
- Epiglottitis
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- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
- With rash: meningococcemia, toxic shock syndrome, drug eruption, viral exanthem
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DDx
Don’t miss
- Acute HIV infection
DDX
- Viral, eg, adenovirus, herpes simplex virus (HSV)
- Group A streptococci
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Gonorrhea
- Mycoplasma
- Chlamydia pneumoniae
- Influenza
- Diphtheria
- Necrotizing gingivostomatitis (Vincent’s angina, trench mouth)
- Arcanobacterium haemolyticum
Other causes of sore throat
- Peritonsillar abscess
- Oral candidiasis
- Epiglottitis
- Acute HIV infection
- Dry mouth (xerostomia)
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
- With rash: meningococcemia, toxic shock syndrome, drug eruption, viral exanthem
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Pharyngitis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114357/all/Pharyngitis.
Zeiger RFR. Pharyngitis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114357/all/Pharyngitis. Accessed March 28, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Pharyngitis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114357/all/Pharyngitis
Zeiger RFR. Pharyngitis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 March 28]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114357/all/Pharyngitis.
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