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Septic Sore Throat
The condition commonly known as septic throat or epidemic sore throat deserves special importance from the general practitioner as like no other common condition it is so frequentlymissed and even mis-diagnosed. This is particularly unfortunate because it is amenable to a simple and reliable form of therapy. Septic sore throat is an acute streptococcal infection with a fairly clear-cut clinical...
متن کاملSore throat.
INTRODUCTION About 10-30% of people present to primary healthcare services with sore throat each year. The causative organisms of sore throat may be bacteria (most commonly Streptococcus) or viruses (typically rhinovirus), although it is difficult to distinguish bacterial from viral infections clinically. METHODS AND OUTCOMES We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following ...
متن کاملAcute sore throat.
• Headache, nausea and vomiting, malaise, dysphagia, and abdominal pain might be present. Sore throat decision rule The sore throat decision rule can identify both patients who are so likely to have GABHS that a confirmatory test is not needed and patients who are so unlikely to have GABHS that further testing is unrewarding. Using the rule will successfully identify most patients who need trea...
متن کاملAntibiotics for sore throat.
BACKGROUND Sore throat is a very common reason for people to attend for medical care. It is a disease that remits spontaneously, that is, 'cure' is not dependent on treatment. Nonetheless primary care doctors commonly prescribe antibiotics for sore throat and other upper respiratory tract infections. OBJECTIVES To assess the benefits of antibiotics in the management of sore throat. SEARCH S...
متن کاملAntibiotics for sore throat.
Evidence-Based Answer Compared with placebo, antibiotics can shorten the duration of sore throat symptoms by about 16 hours and can reduce complications. In countries where the absolute rates of complications are higher, antibiotic therapy is more likely to be effective. The effectiveness of antibiotic therapy is greatest in persons with streptococcal pharyngitis. (Strength of Recommendation: A...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1917
ISSN: 0002-9955
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1917.04270050009003