Over prescription of antibiotics for adult pharyngitis is prevalent in developing countries but can be reduced using McIsaac modification of Centor scores: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Although Group A beta hemolytic streptococcus (GABHS) can cause bacterial pharyngitis, the most common etiology is viral; despite this viral etiology, antibiotics are commonly prescribed for this infection in industrialized countries. We investigated the prevalence of GABHS in adult phar...

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Autores principales: Palla, Amber Hanif, Khan, Rafeeq Alam, Gilani, Anwar H, Marra, Fawziah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23176084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-12-70

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23176084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-12-70

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