ALLMedicine™ Pharyngitis Center

Nov 28th, 2022 - Medicinal plants belonging to the genus Mimosa, such as Mimosa tenuiflora, M. caesalpinifolia, and M. verrucosa are known for their popular use for asthma, bronchitis and fever. Ethnopharmacological studies report that Mimosa acutistipula is used ...

Nov 18th, 2022 - Acute pharyngitis (AP) is a common reason for private primary care consultations, thus providing an avenue for widespread antibiotic intake among the community. However, there is limited data on the antibiotic prescription appropriateness and resi...

Nov 15th, 2022 - The primary aim of this study was to document the treatment modalities used in periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome and look for the efficacy and safety of colchicine in the treatment of PFAPA patients. T...

Nov 10th, 2022 - Little is known about the clinical and financial consequences of inappropriate antibiotics. We aimed to estimate the comparative risk of adverse drug events and attributable health care expenditures associated with inappropriate versus appropriate...

Nov 5th, 2022 - There are limited data on factors influencing antibiotic prescription among insured patients. We assessed for correlates of an antibiotic prescription among insured patients. A cross-sectional study. The study was conducted at the National Health ...

Mar 29th, 2014 - Several guidelines for the management of respiratory tract infections in children are available in Italy, as well as in other European countries and the United States of America. However, poor adherence to guidelines and the sustained inappropriat...

Nov 20th, 2013 - Most upper respiratory tract infections are caused by viruses and require no antibiotics. This clinical report focuses on antibiotic prescribing strategies for bacterial upper respiratory tract infections, including acute otitis media, acute bacte...

Oct 24th, 2012 - 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...

Sep 27th, 2022 - Investigators will include in the study (after agreement of child and parents): Cases: children < 18 years old hospitalized for peripharyngeal suppurations, diffuse cervical cellulitis or cervical adenophlegmon in participating Ear, Nose & Throat ...

Aug 30th, 2022 - Group A streptococcus (GAS) is found in 20% to 40% of cases of childhood pharyngitis; the remaining cases are viral. Streptococcal pharyngitis ('strep throat') deserves antibiotics, while these are not indicated in viral cases. Because signs and s...

Aug 17th, 2022 - Three in four children worldwide grow up in regions of the world where patterns of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are endemic and where rheumatic heart disease accounts for >300'000 deaths every year. Evidence from a systematic ...

Jul 28th, 2022 - The aim of this study is to collect data on the clinical effectiveness and tolerability of Ectoin® Mouth and Throat Spray Althaea Honey (ERS09) compared to the well-established comparator spray EMSER® Hals- und Rachenspray (both medical devices) i...

Jul 20th, 2022 - 107 pediatricians among the 1400 members of the French ambulatory pediatric association, AFPA (Association Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire) were involved in this survey.To belong to the PARI network, pediatricians have to use the same software,...

Dec 1st, 2022 - People with acute respiratory illness during the pandemic suffered similar levels of poor well-being in the months afterward whether they tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 or not, a registry study showed. In a cohort of people who all had initial sym...

Sep 26th, 2022 - The European Commission has approved tezepelumab (Tezspire, AstraZeneca) as an add-on maintenance treatment for patients 12 years and older who have severe asthma that is inadequately controlled with high-dose inhaled corticosteroids and another d...

Aug 31st, 2022 - Five cases of human infection with flu variants normally spread only in pigs were reported to CDC in August, the agency announced in a Health Alert Network advisory on Tuesday. Cases were detected in West Virginia, Oregon, and Ohio, and all of the...

Aug 16th, 2022 - Monkeypox virus was detected on the anal swabs of asymptomatic men who have sex with men (MSM) at a sexual health clinic in Paris, according to a retrospective study. Among 213 MSM who had anal swabs collected for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisser...

Jul 27th, 2022 - The FDA expanded the approval of belimumab (Benlysta) to include treatment of pediatric patients with active lupus nephritis, drugmaker GSK announced on Wednesday. Already approved in adults with lupus nephritis, belimumab's new indication is spec...