• In most cases, antibiotics should be prescribed for a sore throat only if a strep test confirms
streptococcal pharyngitis.
Physicians should test patients with symptoms suggestive of group
A streptococcal pharyngitis (for example, persistent fevers or other appropriate combination of symptoms) by rapid strep test and / or culture for group A Streptococcus.
The ARTIs in the analysis were acute otitis media (earache), Group A
streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat) and sinusitis (sinus infection).
Supplementation reduced occurrences of
streptococcal pharyngitis, along with other non-streptococcal infections.