TO THE EDITOR: We read Fine and colleagues ’ article (1) and Cen-tor’s editorial (2) with great interest. According to Centor, interna-tional guidelines suggest 3 strategies, one of which is to neither test nor treat anyone; however, this strategy is not recommended. As Table 3 of our article (3) mentions, the guidelines propose that antibiotics be prescribed in very ill and high-risk patients, who make up approximately 5 % of those who seek treatment for sore throat. On the other hand, in different countries, antibiotics are not prescribed to prevent suppurative or nonsuppurative complications or to secure symptomatic relief in patients with sore throat, who make up approximately 95 % of those who seek treatment for this condition. Further...
Background: Antibiotics provide only modest benefit in treating sore throat, although effectiveness ...
Numerous opportunities are available in primary care for alleviating the crisis of increasing antibi...
Background Sore throat is a common and self-limiting condition. There remains ambiguity in stratifyi...
TO THE EDITOR: We read Fine and colleagues ’ article (1) and Cen-tor’s editorial (2) with great inte...
TO THE EDITOR: Peacock and colleagues (1) raise the following question: What response rate is accept...
Background: Antibiotics provide only modest benefit in treating sore throat, although effectiveness ...
To the Editor—We appreciate the comments provided by Parta et al re-garding our article [1, 2]. In o...
Studies of scoring rules for sore throat have failed to show that they lower antibiotic prescription...
We thank Drs. Sanchez and Hicks for their constructive com-ments, which underscore current limitatio...
Background. Sore throat is very common in general prac-tice and is usually caused by viral infection...
We have read with great interest the article by DeSimone et al1 on viridans group streptococcal (VGS...
TO THE EDITOR: I read with interest the recent article by Wachter and colleagues (1). An additional ...
Symptoms of respiratory infection are a major reason that The 1993 ATS guidelines recommended either...
Background: Sore throat is a common and self-limiting condition. There remains ambiguity in stratify...
We would like to comment on the recommended prophylactic regimen for nasal packing and nasal intubat...
Background: Antibiotics provide only modest benefit in treating sore throat, although effectiveness ...
Numerous opportunities are available in primary care for alleviating the crisis of increasing antibi...
Background Sore throat is a common and self-limiting condition. There remains ambiguity in stratifyi...
TO THE EDITOR: We read Fine and colleagues ’ article (1) and Cen-tor’s editorial (2) with great inte...
TO THE EDITOR: Peacock and colleagues (1) raise the following question: What response rate is accept...
Background: Antibiotics provide only modest benefit in treating sore throat, although effectiveness ...
To the Editor—We appreciate the comments provided by Parta et al re-garding our article [1, 2]. In o...
Studies of scoring rules for sore throat have failed to show that they lower antibiotic prescription...
We thank Drs. Sanchez and Hicks for their constructive com-ments, which underscore current limitatio...
Background. Sore throat is very common in general prac-tice and is usually caused by viral infection...
We have read with great interest the article by DeSimone et al1 on viridans group streptococcal (VGS...
TO THE EDITOR: I read with interest the recent article by Wachter and colleagues (1). An additional ...
Symptoms of respiratory infection are a major reason that The 1993 ATS guidelines recommended either...
Background: Sore throat is a common and self-limiting condition. There remains ambiguity in stratify...
We would like to comment on the recommended prophylactic regimen for nasal packing and nasal intubat...
Background: Antibiotics provide only modest benefit in treating sore throat, although effectiveness ...
Numerous opportunities are available in primary care for alleviating the crisis of increasing antibi...
Background Sore throat is a common and self-limiting condition. There remains ambiguity in stratifyi...