Executive summary: Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of group a streptococcal pharyngitis: 2012 update by the infectious diseases society of America

Stanford T. Shulman; Alan L. Bisno; Herbert W. Clegg; Michael A. Gerber; Edward L. Kaplan; Grace Lee; Judith M. Martin; Chris Van Beneden

doi:10.1093/cid/cis847

Executive summary: Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of group a streptococcal pharyngitis: 2012 update by the infectious diseases society of America

Stanford T. Shulman^*, Alan L. Bisno, Herbert W. Clegg, Michael A. Gerber, Edward L. Kaplan, Grace Lee, Judith M. Martin, Chris Van Beneden

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The guideline is intended for use by healthcare providers who care for adult and pediatric patients with group A streptococcal pharyngitis. The guideline updates the 2002 Infectious Diseases Society of America guideline and discusses diagnosis and management, and recommendations are provided regarding antibiotic choices and dosing. Penicillin or amoxicillin remain the treatments of choice, and recommendations are made for the penicillin-allergic patient, which now include clindamycin.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1279-1282
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	55
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis847
State	Published - Nov 2012

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Shulman, S. T., Bisno, A. L., Clegg, H. W., Gerber, M. A., Kaplan, E. L., Lee, G., Martin, J. M., & Van Beneden, C. (2012). Executive summary: Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of group a streptococcal pharyngitis: 2012 update by the infectious diseases society of America. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 55(10), 1279-1282. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis847

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Executive summary : Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of group a streptococcal pharyngitis: 2012 update by the infectious diseases society of America. / Shulman, Stanford T.; Bisno, Alan L.; Clegg, Herbert W. et al.

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