Open AccessPredictors of rheumatic fever in sore throat patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Е И Кулик,
Beth Stuart,
Merlin Willcox
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1878-3503
pISSN - 0035-9203
DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/trab156
Subject(s) - medicine , sore throat , odds ratio , confidence interval , observational study , incidence (geometry) , rheumatic fever , surgery , physics , optics
Concerns about rheumatic fever (RF) drive antibiotic prescriptions for sore throat (ST) in endemic areas. Better guidance is needed on which patients are likely to develop RF in order to avoid misuse and overuse of antibiotics. Our aim was to identify predictive factors for RF in ST patients.