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. 2023 Nov 3:11:1248903.
doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1248903. eCollection 2023.

Are clinicians overdiagnosing strep throat and overprescribing antibiotics?

Kennedy A Sabharwal  1 , Michael W Simon  2
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Are clinicians overdiagnosing strep throat and overprescribing antibiotics?

Kennedy A Sabharwal et al. Front Pediatr. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Group A streptococci; Strep A; children; strep throat; streptococcus.

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