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Impact of rapid antigen detection testing on antibiotic prescription in acute pharyngitis in adults. FARINGOCAT STUDY: a multicentric randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Acute pharyngitis is one of the most frequent consultations to the general practitioner and in most of the cases an antibiotic is prescribed in primary care in Spain. Bacterial etiology, mainly by group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GABHS), accounts for 10-20% of all these infections i...

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Autores principales: Madurell, Jordi, Balagué, Montse, Gómez, Mónica, Cots, Josep M, Llor, Carl
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20331895
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-11-25