Do gastrointestinal symptoms accompanying sore throat predict streptococcal pharyngitis?
Nausea and vomiting are somewhat more common in streptococcal than in nonstreptococcal pharyngitis, but appear to have limited usefulness as clinical predictors of streptococcal pharyngitis.
These findings provide insight into the molecular features that distinguish KD from other febrile illnesses and support the feasibility of developing novel diagnostic reagents for KD based on the host response.