1st April 2022

An 8-year-old boy presents with a 2-day history of sore throat, fever and vomiting

An 8-year-old boy presents with a 2-day history of sore throat, fever and vomiting. He doesn’t have any coryzal symptoms or a cough. On examination, he has a temperature of 38.7°C, you can see exudates on his tonsils, and he has tender anterior cervical lymph nodes.

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