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Predictors of rheumatic fever in sore throat patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Concerns about rheumatic fever (RF) drive antibiotic prescriptions for sore throat (ST) in endemic areas. Better guidance is needed on which patients are likely to develop RF in order to avoid misuse and overuse of antibiotics. Our aim was to identify predictive factors for RF in ST pati...

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Autores principales: Kulik, Ellen, Stuart, Beth, Willcox, Merlin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8978297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34636404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trab156