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Area of Science:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pharmacology
  • Evidence-Based Medicine

Background:

  • Sore throat affects 10% of primary care patients annually.
  • Bacterial (e.g., Streptococcus) and viral (e.g., rhinovirus) infections cause sore throat.
  • Distinguishing between bacterial and viral sore throat is clinically challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically review interventions for acute infective sore throat.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of various treatments.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature review up to September 2013.
  • Searched major medical databases (Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library).
  • Included harms alerts from regulatory agencies (FDA, MHRA).

Main Results:

  • Six studies met the inclusion criteria.
  • GRADE evaluation was used to assess the quality of evidence for interventions.

Conclusions:

  • The review presents data on antibiotics, corticosteroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and paracetamol.
  • Effectiveness and safety information for these interventions is provided.