@article {Kiderman481, author = {Alexander Kiderman and Arthur L Furst and T Miller and N Schmidt-Afek and Avraham Morag and Zichria Zakay-Rones}, title = {How successfully do general practitioners diagnose herpetic gingivo-stomatitis clinically?}, volume = {52}, number = {479}, pages = {481--482}, year = {2002}, publisher = {Royal College of General Practitioners}, 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.}, issn = {0960-1643}, URL = {https://bjgp.org/content/52/479/481}, eprint = {https://bjgp.org/content/52/479/481.full.pdf}, journal = {British Journal of General Practice} }