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Assessing the Diagnostic Accuracy and Validity of the Mcisaac Modified Centor Score in Predicting Group A Beta Hemolytic Streptococcal Pharyngitis in A Trial to End Antibiotic Abuse in Children

SVU - International Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Overuse of antibiotics leads to resistance. Pharyngitis is commonly viral but Group A Streptococcus (GAS) as a significant bacterial cause. GAS infections include suppurative and non-suppurative. Centor criteria assess GAS infection.
Usama Taya , Mai Abonewair , Amal Hosni, Alyaa Hassan Abo-Rahma, Nehad Hassan AbdElrhaman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Exceeded SARS‐CoV‐2 and Influenza in Lower Respiratory Infection and Mortality Rates Among Patients With Hematologic Malignancies During the 2023–2024 Respiratory Virus Season

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
During the 2023‐2024 respiratory viral season, respiratory syncytial virus infection was associated with worse outcomes compared to infections caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 and influenza virus in patients with hematologic malignancies ABSTRACT Background Respiratory viral infections (RVIs) significantly impact patients with hematologic malignancies (HMs ...
Tali Shafat, Amy Spallone, Fareed Khawaja, Ying Jiang, Jennifer Jackson, Lior Nesher, Roy F. Chemaly   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Study Between Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Guidelines and Traditional Methods in Management of Acute Pharyngitis among Children Under Five Years in Zagazig District, Egypt

Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 2018
Background: Pharyngitis is one of the most frequently faced pediatric problems with serious complications in primary care. Objective(s): To compare between Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines and traditional management ...
Abdalla H. M. Elsharkawy, Ghada M. Salem, Amel E. Mohamed, Maha S. Eltwansy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of a Streptococcal Pharyngitis Score in Southern Taiwan

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2012
Group A streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis can cause serious complications such as rheumatic heart disease. The McIsaac sore throat score is a clinical prediction score used to improve the detection rate of GAS pharyngitis.
Ching-Tang Shih, Ching-Chiang Lin, Chung-Ching Lu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing the Silent Pandemic: The Role of Italian Primary Care Paediatrics in Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
Giovanni Cerimoniale, Elena Chiappini, Nicolò Monti, Antonio D'Avino, Nicola Roberto Caputo, Osama Al Jamal, Giuseppe Di Mauro, Domenico Careddu, Antonella Antonelli, Silvia Zecca, Paolo Felice, Raffaele Losco   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis and Antibiotic Susceptibility in Paediatric Patients With Sore Throats in Gaborone, Botswana

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Group A β‐haemolytic Streptococcus, also known as Streptococcus pyogenes, commonly causes childhood pharyngitis and can lead to severe complications like acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Timely penicillin treatment is vital in preventing these issues.
Julius Chacha Mwita, Souda Sajini, Kélin Engel, Tichaona Bernard Machiya, Mark E. Engel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Which doctor? Combining vignettes and item response to measure doctor quality [PDF]

The authors develop a method in which vignettes-a battery of questions for hypothetical cases-are evaluated with item response theory to create a metric for doctor quality. The method allows a simultaneous estimation of quality and validation of the test
Das, Jishnu, Hammer, Jeffrey
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Lobeglitazone improves glycaemic control as add‐on therapy to empagliflozin plus metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A double‐blind, randomised, placebo‐controlled trial

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 728-740, January 2026.
Abstract Aims This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of triple therapy with lobeglitazone 0.5 mg as an add‐on treatment compared with placebo in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) inadequately controlled with metformin and empagliflozin.
Da Hea Seo, Kyung Wan Min, Ho Sang Sohn, Sang Yong Kim, In‐Kyung Jeong, Cheol‐Young Park, Kun‐Ho Yoon, So Hun Kim, Bong‐Soo Cha   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of epidemiological risk factors in improving the clinical diagnosis of streptococcal sore throat in pediatric clinical practice

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019
Background and Aims: Antibiotics are frequently prescribed for sore throat in developing countries, that in turn leads to huge healthcare expenditure and their irrational use may lead to antimicrobial resistance in the community. The aim of this study is
Kapil Bhalla, Parveen Bhardwaj, Ashish Gupta, Shuchi Mehra, Deepak Nehra, Sanjiv Nanda   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy and safety of a triple active sore throat lozenge in the treatment of patients with acute pharyngitis: Results of a multi‐centre, randomised, placebo‐controlled, double‐blind, parallel‐group trial (DoriPha)

International journal of clinical practice, 2018
The aim of this multi‐centre, randomised, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial was to compare the efficacy and safety of the fixed combination of 0.5 mg tyrothricin, 1.0 mg benzalkonium chloride, and 1.5 mg benzocaine (study drug marketed as ...
J. Palm, K. Fuchs, H. Stammer, Anne Schumacher-Stimpfl, Jens Milde   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source