PMID: 16642899Apr 29, 2006Paper

Study: children may get antibiotics too often

ED Management : the Monthly Update on Emergency Department Management

Abstract

Unnecessary use of antibiotics can endanger patients, increase bacteria resistance, and result in added expenditures. There are only four appropriate medications that should be given to children in whom strep is suspected. You may wish to consider giving Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus test to children before prescribing an antiobiotic. Staff also should take into consideration whether the patient has been exposed to friends or relatives with strep.

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