Use of antibiotics for acute sore throat and tonsillitis in primary care
Use of antibiotics for acute sore throat and tonsillitis in primary care
Antibiotics are commonly prescribed for sore throat in primary care, yet are often of limited benefit.1 They are commonly associated with adverse effects, and contribute towards healthcare costs and antibiotic resistance at both the global and individual level.1 Prescribing antibiotics also reinforces patients’ belief in the need for antibiotics, and increases the chance of re-attendance in the future.2
With a view to helping clinicians optimise antibiotic use, this article summarises evidence concerning the aetiology and natural history of sore throat, incidence of complications, and the use of clinical prediction tools, and compares the outcomes of different antibiotic prescription strategies (no, immediate, and delayed antibiotics), as well as patients’ views on these approaches.
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Wilcox, Christopher R.
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Moore, Michael
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Little, Paul
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March 2022
Wilcox, Christopher R.
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Moore, Michael
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Little, Paul
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Wilcox, Christopher R., Moore, Michael and Little, Paul
(2022)
Use of antibiotics for acute sore throat and tonsillitis in primary care.
The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 72 (716), .
(doi:10.3399/bjgp22X718793).
Abstract
Antibiotics are commonly prescribed for sore throat in primary care, yet are often of limited benefit.1 They are commonly associated with adverse effects, and contribute towards healthcare costs and antibiotic resistance at both the global and individual level.1 Prescribing antibiotics also reinforces patients’ belief in the need for antibiotics, and increases the chance of re-attendance in the future.2
With a view to helping clinicians optimise antibiotic use, this article summarises evidence concerning the aetiology and natural history of sore throat, incidence of complications, and the use of clinical prediction tools, and compares the outcomes of different antibiotic prescription strategies (no, immediate, and delayed antibiotics), as well as patients’ views on these approaches.
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Accepted/In Press date: 15 November 2021
Published date: March 2022
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Christopher R Wilcox is an Academic Clinical Fellow in general practice funded by the National Institute for Health Research. No specific funding was obtained for the writing of this article.
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Local EPrints ID: 456527
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/456527
ISSN: 0960-1643
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