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Sore throat - acute - Making a diagnosis
Common clinical presentations
- In practice it is not usually possible to distinguish between the different types of acute sore throat. In particular it is not possible to diagnose acute streptococcal sore throat on clinical features alone. There are exceptions (e.g. epiglottitis, diphtheria, acute herpetic pharyngitis).
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