Rapid streptococcal pharyngitis testing and antibiotic prescribing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Allan Seibert (Author), Eddie Stenehjem (Author), Anthony Wallin (Author), Park Willis (Author), Kim Brunisholz (Author), Naresh Kumar (Author), Valoree Stanfield (Author), Nora Fino (Author), Daniel Shapiro (Author), Adam Hersh (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Cambridge University Press, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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Background: Pharyngitis is 1 of the most common conditions leading to inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions. When personal protective equipment (PPE) was at first constrained during the COVID-19 pandemic, Intermountain Healthcare recommended limiting rapid group A streptococcal pharyngitis (GAS) te...