Bradley Cheek wrote:
>
> Hi Toby
>
> > starting penicillin if it was bacterial! I seem to remember reading not
> > long ago that oral antibiotics were no more effective than placebo in
> > clearing up sore throats with a a positive culture for group A strep
> > (I'm too knackered at the moment to look up the reference so you'll have
> > to take my word for it).
>
> I must have missed this reference myself - does anyone know it?
>
>Penicillin in sore throat by Whitfield MJ and Hughes AO Practitioner Feb 1981 Vol 225 pp 234 to 239 doesn't define the causative organism but
shows that recovery rate is virtually the same for treatment with
penicillin or placebo. Conclusion....antibiotics have a very small part
to play in the treatment ...patients should be educated not to expect
antibiotic treatment ....self medication is appropriate.
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