Diagnosis and treatment of acute tonsillopharyngitis. Consensus document update

• Main Authors: Roi Piñeiro Pérez (Author), Fernando Álvez González (Author), Fernando Baquero-Artigao (Author), Marta Cruz Cañete (Author), Josep de la Flor i Bru (Author), Ana Fernández Landaluce (Author), César García Vera (Author), Francisco Hijano Bandera (Author), Carlos Pérez Cánovas (Author), Juan Carlos Silva Rico (Author), Santiago Alfayate Miguélez (Author), Josefa Ares Álvarez (Author), Alicia Berghezan Suárez (Author), Ana María Borrull Senra (Author), Gonzalo Cabrera Roca (Author), Cristina Calvo Rey (Author), Begoña Carazo Gallego (Author), María José Cilleruelo Ortega (Author), Antonio Conejo Fernández (Author), Javier López Ávila (Author), Pilar Lupiani Castellanos (Author), Leticia Martínez Campos (Author), Jorge Sotoca Fernández (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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An update of the Spanish consensus document on the diagnosis and treatment of acute tonsillopharyngitis in 2011 is presented. Clinical scores should not be used to prescribe antibiotics, unless microbiological tests are not available or there is a child at risk of rheumatic fever. There is no score...