How to Manage Pharyngeitis and Tonsilitis in Primary Care

The key thing is to not prescribe antibiotics for viral pharyngeitis and tonsilitis in the first instance. Even those patients where you are suspicious that this could be a streptococcal infection. Antibiotic prescribing sore throat in primary care is a huge driver for antibiotic prescription but really there should only be a narrow group of patients that actually require antibiotics.