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Table 3 Differential diagnoses and complications mentioned by the interviewed GPs

From: Uncertainty in clinical practice – an interview study with Swedish GPs on patients with sore throat

 

Mentioned differential diagnoses and complications of GAS

Retrieved in guidelines

Peritonsillitis

Mononucleosis

Epiglottitis

Tongue base tonsillitis

Streptococcus group C and G

Anaerobic infection

Viral infection

Glomerulonephritis

Cancer

Something further down in the throat

Not retrieved in guidelines

Pneumonia

Bacterial infection

Sinusitis

Infection with Hemophilus Influenzae

Temporalis arteritis

Diphtheria

Tularemia

Spread infection

Problems with the stomach

Foreign body

Secondary infection

Infection with staphylococcus