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- Title
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis: 2012 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
- Authors
Shulman, Stanford T.; Bisno, Alan L.; Clegg, Herbert W.; Gerber, Michael A.; Kaplan, Edward L.; Lee, Grace; Martin, Judith M.; Van Beneden, Chris
- Abstract
The guideline is intended for use by healthcare providers who care for adult and pediatric patients with group A streptococcal pharyngitis. The guideline updates the 2002 Infectious Diseases Society of America guideline and discusses diagnosis and management, and recommendations are provided regarding antibiotic choices and dosing. Penicillin or amoxicillin remain the treatments of choice, and recommendations are made for the penicillin-allergic patient, which now include clindamycin.
- Subjects
STREPTOCOCCAL pharyngitis; INFECTIOUS Diseases Society of America; MEDICAL care; ANTIBIOTICS; AMOXICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2012, Vol 55, Issue 10, pe86
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/cis629