Diagnosis and treatment of acute pharyngitis—Is there any benefit on ten-day course of antibiotics?

Introduction: In group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, a ten-day course of amoxicillin is recommended. However, short-course treatments seem to be equally effective. The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate and compare the outcome of patients treated with 7-day course and 10-day cour...

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Main Authors: Catarina Oliveira Pereira, Daniela Ramos, Patrícia Mação, Gustavo Januário, Luís Januário
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Anales de Pediatría (English Edition)
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2341287917301370