Study: children may get antibiotics too often.
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.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014481:United States
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents