PRImary care Streptococcal Management (PRISM) study: in vitro study, diagnostic cohorts and a pragmatic adaptive randomised controlled trial with nested qualitative study and cost-effectiveness study

Background: antibiotics are still prescribed to most patients attending primary care with acute sore throat, despite evidence that there is modest benefit overall from antibiotics. Targeting antibiotics using either clinical scoring methods or rapid antigen detection tests (RADTs) could help. Howeve...

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Main Authors: Little, Paul (Author), Hobbs, FD Richard (Author), Moore, Michael (Author), Mant, David (Author), Williamson, Ian (Author), McNulty, Cliodna (Author), Lasseter, Gemma (Author), Cheng, MY Edith (Author), Leydon, Geraldine (Author), McDermott, Lisa (Author), Turner, David (Author), Pinedo-Villanueva, Rafael (Author), Raftery, James (Author), Glasziou, Paul (Author), Mullee, Mark (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2014-01-30.
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