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Antibiotics for sore throats?
Author(s) -
DEL MAR CB,
GLASZIOU PP
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1998.00304.x
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Although not explicit, recommendations in the new edition of Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic 1 have taken a lurch towards an evidence basis. What does this mean, and what is the basis of the recommendation that antibiotics be used for sore throat in very limited circumstances?