Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis: 2012 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

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 regardi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2012-11, Vol.55 (10), p.e86-e102
Hauptverfasser:	Shulman, Stanford T., Bisno, Alan L., Clegg, Herbert W., Gerber, Michael A., Kaplan, Edward L., Lee, Grace, Martin, Judith M., Van Beneden, Chris
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Analgesics, Non-Narcotic - therapeutic use Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Carrier State - diagnosis Carrier State - drug therapy Carrier State - microbiology Child Child, Preschool Clinical medicine Diagnosis, Differential Disease management Drug dosages Humans IDSA Guideline Infant Medical diagnosis Medical Guideline Medical treatment Pharyngitis - diagnosis Pharyngitis - drug therapy Pharyngitis - microbiology Pharynx - microbiology Staphylococcus infections Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis Streptococcal Infections - drug therapy Streptococcal Infections - microbiology Streptococcus pyogenes - isolation & purification United States
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1093/cid/cis629