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Role of Non-Group A Streptococci in Acute Pharyngitis
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 11/09/2009
Tiemstra J et al. – In this predominantly young, adult population with acute pharyngitis, non–GAS infection was as common as GAS infection and was associated with the same clinical features typically associated with GAS. Although ... pharyngitis in terms of either symptomatic relief or prevention of sequelae are unproven, clinicians may want to consider treating patients with proven or presumptive non–GAS pharyngitis who fail to respond to symptomatic therapy or who are at increased risk for sequelae of group B or group C ... and elderly or immunocompromised persons. Further study is needed to determine whether patients with non–GAS pharyngitis benefit from targeted antibiotic treatment. [more...]

Development of a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Children With Streptococcal Pharyngitis
Pediatrics, 09/30/2009
Shaikh N et al. – The scale seems to measure effectively both pain and overall functional status in children with GAS pharyngitis. These data support the use of Strep–PRO as a measure of outcome in future ... disease,ent infectious disease,infectious disease,pediatric otolaryngology [more...]

Surgical outcomes and histology findings after tonsillectomy in children with periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis syndrome
American Journal of Otolaryngology, 09/15/2009
Peridis S et al. – No specific findings were observed in the tonsils of PFAPA patients; the authors could not find any difference in ... for PFAPA syndrome, improving patients and parental quality of life. [more...]

Guidelines for sore throat management in New Zealand
New Zealand Medical Journal, 08/26/2009
need to have their risk of developing rheumatic fever assessed, and then the risk of GAS pharyngitis determined. Appropriate antibiotic therapy is instigated on the basis of proven or likely GAS pharyngitis. Ten days of oral penicillin V is the first–line treatment. Other household members are [more...]

Differentiating PFAPA Syndrome From Monogenic Periodic Fevers
Pediatrics, 10/01/2009
M et al. – The Gaslini diagnostic score represents a useful tool to identify patients meeting periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome criteria and at low risk of carrying relevant mutations in genes associated with periodic fevers. Conversely [more...]

A clinical review of 105 patients with PFAPA (a periodic fever syndrome)
Acta Pediatrica, 11/16/2009
Feder HM et al. – PFAPA (Periodic Fever, Aphthous lesions, Pharyngitis, and cervical Adenitis) can usually be defined by its clinical characteristics. Individual febrile episodes usually resolve dramatically with oral [more...]

Impact of Rapid Streptococcal Test on Antibiotic Use in a Pediatric Emergency Department
Pediatric Emergency Care, 11/18/2009
of a RST could substantially reduce the unnecessary prescription of antibiotics. This study supports the screening of all children with pharyngitis by performing an RST to guide decision making for antibiotic administration. This strategy has a significant impact on reducing the antibiotic [more...]

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