Delayed prescription worsens reported symptoms and increases antibiotic use compared with clinical score with or without rapid antigen testing in patients with sore throat

Evid Based Med. 2014 Jun;19(3):117. doi: 10.1136/eb-2013-101648. Epub 2014 Jan 17.
No abstract available

Keywords: Infectious Diseases.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antigens, Bacterial / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Tests / methods*
  • Male
  • Pharyngitis / drug therapy*
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy*
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antigens, Bacterial