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Pharyngitis

MedGen UID:
45846
Concept ID:
C0031350
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Pharyngitides
SNOMED CT: Pharyngitis (405737000)
 
HPO: HP:0025439
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002258

Definition

Inflammation (due to infection or irritation) of the pharynx. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Mustafa Z, Ghaffari M
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020;10:563627. Epub 2020 Oct 15 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.563627. PMID: 33178623Free PMC Article
Sykes EA, Wu V, Beyea MM, Simpson MTW, Beyea JA
Can Fam Physician 2020 Apr;66(4):251-257. PMID: 32273409Free PMC Article
Mitchell RB, Archer SM, Ishman SL, Rosenfeld RM, Coles S, Finestone SA, Friedman NR, Giordano T, Hildrew DM, Kim TW, Lloyd RM, Parikh SR, Shulman ST, Walner DL, Walsh SA, Nnacheta LC
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2019 Feb;160(2):187-205. doi: 10.1177/0194599818807917. PMID: 30921525

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Krüger K, Töpfner N, Berner R, Windfuhr J, Oltrogge JH; Guideline group
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2021 Mar 19;118(11):188-94. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0121. PMID: 33602392Free PMC Article
Mustafa Z, Ghaffari M
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020;10:563627. Epub 2020 Oct 15 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.563627. PMID: 33178623Free PMC Article
Sykes EA, Wu V, Beyea MM, Simpson MTW, Beyea JA
Can Fam Physician 2020 Apr;66(4):251-257. PMID: 32273409Free PMC Article
Anjos LM, Marcondes MB, Lima MF, Mondelli AL, Okoshi MP
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2014 Jul;47(4):409-13. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0265-2013. PMID: 25229278
Weber R
Prim Care 2014 Mar;41(1):91-8. Epub 2013 Nov 21 doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2013.10.010. PMID: 24439883Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Mustafa Z, Ghaffari M
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020;10:563627. Epub 2020 Oct 15 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.563627. PMID: 33178623Free PMC Article
Sykes EA, Wu V, Beyea MM, Simpson MTW, Beyea JA
Can Fam Physician 2020 Apr;66(4):251-257. PMID: 32273409Free PMC Article
Vazquez MN, Sanders JE
Pediatr Emerg Med Pract 2017 Dec;14(12):1-20. Epub 2017 Dec 1 PMID: 29185672
Anjos LM, Marcondes MB, Lima MF, Mondelli AL, Okoshi MP
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2014 Jul;47(4):409-13. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0265-2013. PMID: 25229278
Weber R
Prim Care 2014 Mar;41(1):91-8. Epub 2013 Nov 21 doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2013.10.010. PMID: 24439883Free PMC Article

Therapy

van der Heijde D, Deodhar A, Baraliakos X, Brown MA, Dobashi H, Dougados M, Elewaut D, Ellis AM, Fleurinck C, Gaffney K, Gensler LS, Haroon N, Magrey M, Maksymowych WP, Marten A, Massow U, Oortgiesen M, Poddubnyy D, Rudwaleit M, Shepherd-Smith J, Tomita T, Van den Bosch F, Vaux T, Xu H
Ann Rheum Dis 2023 Apr;82(4):515-526. Epub 2023 Jan 17 doi: 10.1136/ard-2022-223595. PMID: 36649967Free PMC Article
van Driel ML, De Sutter AI, Thorning S, Christiaens T
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021 Mar 17;3(3):CD004406. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004406.pub5. PMID: 33728634Free PMC Article
Kronman MP, Gerber JS, Grundmeier RW, Zhou C, Robinson JD, Heritage J, Stout J, Burges D, Hedrick B, Warren L, Shalowitz M, Shone LP, Steffes J, Wright M, Fiks AG, Mangione-Smith R
Pediatrics 2020 Sep;146(3) Epub 2020 Aug 3 doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-0038. PMID: 32747473Free PMC Article
Soriano A, Soriano M, Espinosa G, Manna R, Emmi G, Cantarini L, Hernández-Rodríguez J
Front Immunol 2020;11:865. Epub 2020 Jun 3 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00865. PMID: 32655539Free PMC Article
King D, Mitchell B, Williams CP, Spurling GK
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Apr 20;2015(4):CD006821. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006821.pub3. PMID: 25892369Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Marzhoseyni Z, Shojaie L, Tabatabaei SA, Movahedpour A, Safari M, Esmaeili D, Mahjoubin-Tehran M, Jalili A, Morshedi K, Khan H, Okhravi R, Hamblin MR, Mirzaei H
Cancer Gene Ther 2022 Feb;29(2):141-155. Epub 2021 Mar 22 doi: 10.1038/s41417-021-00308-6. PMID: 33753868
Pfingstler LF, Maroon M, Mowad C
Cutis 2016 Feb;97(2):140-4. PMID: 26919501
Kenealy T
BMJ Clin Evid 2007 Nov 20;2007 PMID: 19450346Free PMC Article
Carapetis JR, Steer AC, Mulholland EK, Weber M
Lancet Infect Dis 2005 Nov;5(11):685-94. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(05)70267-X. PMID: 16253886
Peter J, Ray CG
Pediatr Rev 1998 Aug;19(8):276-9. doi: 10.1542/pir.19-8-276. PMID: 9707718

Clinical prediction guides

Naughton P, Healy M, Enright F, Lucey B
Br J Biomed Sci 2021 Jul;78(3):107-116. Epub 2021 Apr 14 doi: 10.1080/09674845.2021.1903683. PMID: 33721513
Krüger K, Töpfner N, Berner R, Windfuhr J, Oltrogge JH; Guideline group
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2021 Mar 19;118(11):188-94. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0121. PMID: 33602392Free PMC Article
Mustafa Z, Ghaffari M
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020;10:563627. Epub 2020 Oct 15 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.563627. PMID: 33178623Free PMC Article
Cots JM, Alós JI, Bárcena M, Boleda X, Cañada JL, Gómez N, Mendoza A, Vilaseca I, Llor C
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp 2015 May-Jun;66(3):159-70. Epub 2015 Mar 12 doi: 10.1016/j.otorri.2015.01.001. PMID: 25772389Free PMC Article
Anjos LM, Marcondes MB, Lima MF, Mondelli AL, Okoshi MP
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2014 Jul;47(4):409-13. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0265-2013. PMID: 25229278

Recent systematic reviews

Spurling GK, Dooley L, Clark J, Askew DA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Oct 4;10(10):CD004417. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004417.pub6. PMID: 37791590Free PMC Article
van Driel ML, De Sutter AI, Thorning S, Christiaens T
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021 Mar 17;3(3):CD004406. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004406.pub5. PMID: 33728634Free PMC Article
Sadeghirad B, Siemieniuk RAC, Brignardello-Petersen R, Papola D, Lytvyn L, Vandvik PO, Merglen A, Guyatt GH, Agoritsas T
BMJ 2017 Sep 20;358:j3887. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j3887. PMID: 28931508Free PMC Article
El-Boghdadly K, Bailey CR, Wiles MD
Anaesthesia 2016 Jun;71(6):706-17. Epub 2016 Mar 28 doi: 10.1111/anae.13438. PMID: 27158989
King D, Mitchell B, Williams CP, Spurling GK
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Apr 20;2015(4):CD006821. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006821.pub3. PMID: 25892369Free PMC Article

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