Esther Levi, Ohad Ronen: Community Clinic and Emergency Department Physicians' Adherence to Acute Pharyngitis Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines (Eur J Clin Invest . )

Antibiotic treatment guidelines for common infectious diseases enable proper diagnosis and treatment and avoid unnecessary antibiotic treatment, preventing both financial expenditure and antimicrobial resistance to antibiotics. The aim of our study was to investigate whether community physicians referring patients to the medical center and whether emergency department (ED) physicians diagnose and treat acute pharyngitis according to these guidelines.