Sam, a 6 year old boy weighing 23.4 kg, presents to the pediatrician's office complaining of fever,sore throat and head ache.His mother reports that he initially complained of sore throat about 12 hours ago.His temperature this morning was 102°F.He has had no other symptoms. He takes no medication and has no drug allergies physical examination

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Sam, a 6-year-old boy weighing 23.4 kg, presents to the paediatrician's complaining of fever, sore throat, and headache. His mother reports that he initially complained of sore throat about 12 hours ago. His temperature this morning was 102° F. He has had no other symptoms. medications office Не takes no and has no allergies. Physical examination reveals tonsils and known drug erythematous throat, as well as an enlarged anterior cervical lymph node. Are Sam's symptoms more consistent with GAS or viral pharyngitis?
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Sam, a 6 yr old boy presents with fever,sore throat, and head ache with weight 23.4 kg .his mother reports he initially complained of sore throat about 13 hours ago and his temp is 102 degrees f this morning and he had no other symptoms ,he takes no medications and no allergies.phsical examination reveals erythmatous tonsils and throat as well as enlarged cervical lymph node.are sams symptoms more consistent with GAS or viral pharyngitis?
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