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| Title |
Antibiotics for the primary prevention of acute rheumatic fever: a meta-analysis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, May 2005
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2261-5-11 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Katharine A Robertson, Jimmy A Volmink, Bongani M Mayosi |
| Abstract |
Rheumatic fever continues to put a significant burden on the health of low socio-economic populations in low and middle-income countries despite the near disappearance of the disease in the developed world over the past century. Antibiotics have long been thought of as an effective method for preventing the onset of acute rheumatic fever following a Group-A streptococcal (GAS) throat infection; however, their use has not been widely adopted in developing countries for the treatment of sore throats. We have used the tools of systematic review and meta-analysis to quantify the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment for sore throat, with symptoms suggestive of group A streptococcal (GAS) infection, for the primary prevention of acute rheumatic fever. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 177 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 172 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 29 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 15 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 7% |
| Researcher | 12 | 7% |
| Other | 42 | 24% |
| Unknown | 42 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 83 | 47% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 17 | 10% |
| Unknown | 43 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. 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 21 August 2023.
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#4,923,948
of 25,712,965 outputs
Outputs from BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
#245
of 1,944 outputs
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#11,454
of 68,732 outputs
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#5
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