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Title |
Over prescription of antibiotics for adult pharyngitis is prevalent in developing countries but can be reduced using McIsaac modification of Centor scores: a cross-sectional study
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Published in |
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, November 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2466-12-70 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Amber Hanif Palla, Rafeeq Alam Khan, Anwar H Gilani, Fawziah Marra |
Abstract |
Although Group A beta hemolytic streptococcus (GABHS) can cause bacterial pharyngitis, the most common etiology is viral; despite this viral etiology, antibiotics are commonly prescribed for this infection in industrialized countries. We investigated the prevalence of GABHS in adult pharyngitis patients from lower socioeconomic settings in Karachi, Pakistan, how often antibiotics are prescribed for pharyngitis and if appropriate agents were used in a developing world setting. Finally, we wanted to see the usefulness of modified McIsaac scores in predicting positive cultures. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Ecuador | 1 | 50% |
Mexico | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 88 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 88 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 16% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 10% |
Researcher | 9 | 10% |
Student > Master | 8 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 9% |
Other | 22 | 25% |
Unknown | 18 | 20% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 48% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 7% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 5% |
Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 5% |
Other | 11 | 13% |
Unknown | 17 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 November 2012.
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#14,611,970
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Outputs from BMC Pulmonary Medicine
#937
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#170,728
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Pulmonary Medicine
#9
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