>list > >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? >-- > Bradley Cheek - [log in to unmask] (Well Close Square) > http://www.wcsquare.demon.co.uk > Connecting via Demon Internet Ltd More to the point; if you read it would you believe it? Doug Jenkinson Keyworth Health Centre, Bunny Lane, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5JU. [log in to unmask] V. 0115 937 3527 F. 0115 937 6781 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%