S1 Ep6: More Than Strep: Pharyngitis w/ “Uncle Bob” Centor
The Cribsiders
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The Benefits of Treating Group Based Strip
The idea that this has been inertia where we have always treated for group based rap to prevent complications such as a tubermatic fever, when the prevalence is so low, and the patient seems to be one of the biggest things preventing it. So there are really five potential reasons for treating group based strip. One is to prevent acute rheumatic fever. Number two is to decrease the probability of peritoncilar abscess or other similar abscesses. The next one is to prevent death. And the last reason to go ahead and give them antibiotics is because if they have strep, they can't go back to school for 24 hours until they have antibiotics.
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