Acute pharyngitis in children and adults: descriptive comparison of current recommendations from national and international guidelines and future perspectives.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to provide a comparison of the current recommendations about the management of acute pharyngitis. A literature search was conducted from January 2009 to 2023. Documents reporting recommendations on the management of acute pharyngitis were included, pertinent data were extracted, and a descriptive comparison of the different recommendations was performed. The quality of guidelines was assessed through the AGREE II instrument. Nineteen guidelines were included, and an overall moderate quality was found. Three groups can be distinguished: one group supports the antibiotic treatment of group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) to prevent acute rheumatic fever (ARF); the second considers acute pharyngitis a self-resolving disease, recommending antibiotics only in selected cases;

SUBMITTER: Pellegrino R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10746578 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature