Category Archives: Pharyngitis

Clinicians usually do not follow guidelines for adult pharyngitis

In treating adult patients with pharyngitis, the problem is not which guidelines primary care practitioners use but that they often don’t follow any guidelines, Harvard investigators assert in the July 10th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Dr. Jeffrey … Continue reading

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When do you need antibiotics in a sore throat?

Sore throat or pharyngitis is a common occurrence. It can be due to bacterial or viral cause. Antibiotics is required only when it is a bacterial cause. Criteria for acute bacterial pharyngitis: Fever Tonsillar exudate (pus) Tender, swollen lymph nodes … Continue reading

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