Conclusion: The prevalence of Group A beta haemolytic Streptococcus as a cause of
acute pharyngitis was 25.3%.
Steroids as adjuvant therapy for
acute pharyngitis in ambulatory patients: a systematic review.
Clinicians' management of children and adolescents with
acute pharyngitis. Pediatrics.
Acute pharyngitis is one of the more common conditions encountered in office practice, accounting for 2% of all ambulatoryvisits in the United States.
For the indications of acute bronchitis,
acute pharyngitis, and otitis media, prescription rates among children decreased by 0.15, 0.13, and 0.25 prescriptions/1000 population/day, respectively, between 1996 and 2007 (Figure 2).
Group A streptococci in children with
acute pharyngitis in Sousse, Tunisia.
Top Ten Reasons for Pediatric Visits Routine child health exams 22.9% Ear infections 6.6% Acute Upper Respiratory Infections 4.6%
Acute pharyngitis 3.4% ADD 3.2% Asthma 2.8% Chronic Sinusitis 2.4% Vaccine for a bacterial disease 2.3% Streptococcal throat 1.9% Allergic rhinitis 1.9% (Based on 156.981 diagnoses for visits January-September, 2007 Pediatric News, 12/07
Pediatric medicine patients presenting with
acute pharyngitis or sinusitis were most frequently attended by PAs/NPs (23.8 percent and 22.4 percent of visits for these conditions, respectively), asthma (16.1 percent) least frequently.
This was believed to be a clinically important competence because group C streptococci are isolated from a significant number of individuals with
acute pharyngitis, (3,4) are not associated with preventable secondary consequences such as rheumatic fever, and hence do not need to be treated with antibiotics.
For AFDC adults, they include
acute pharyngitis, urinary tract infection, and essential hypertension.
Accordingly, manufacturers are focusing on strategies for diagnosis of
acute pharyngitis infections.
