How successfully do general practitioners diagnose herpetic gingivo-stomatitis clinically?
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
Herpetic gingivo-stomatitis is a common, often painful affliction of young children. Recently, aciclovir treatment has been found to be effective in hospital-referred cases, an approach limited in general practice where laboratory diagnosis is invariably impractical. This study demonstrated that 49 out of 63 clinical diagnoses of herpetic gingivo-stomatitis [PPV = 78%] made by 27 GPs were subsequently validated by laboratory virus culture. This suggests that herpetic gingivo-stomatitis might be treated with aciclovir in general practice on the basis of a clinical diagnosis alone.