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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN23587778
ISRCTN23587778
Completed
Not Applicable

Rapid antigen detection testing impact on antibiotic use in acute pharyngitis: FARINGOCAT

Jordi Gol i Gurina Primary Care Research Institute (Institut D'Investigació en Atenció Primària) (IDIAP) (Spain)0 sites552 target enrollmentMarch 20, 2008

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Acute pharyngitis
Sponsor
Jordi Gol i Gurina Primary Care Research Institute (Institut D'Investigació en Atenció Primària) (IDIAP) (Spain)
Enrollment
552
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
March 20, 2008
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Jordi Gol i Gurina Primary Care Research Institute (Institut D'Investigació en Atenció Primària) (IDIAP) (Spain)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Men and women 14 to 60 years old
  • 2\. More than one acute pharyngitis symptom, i.e., fever, sore throat, tonsillar exudate, cervical adenopathy and absence of cough, which leads to a visit to the family practice

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Does not consent to participate
  • 2\. Patient is younger than 14 or older than 60 years old
  • 3\. Pharyngitis more than five times in year
  • 4\. Immunodepression: quimiotherapy, radiotherapy, active neoplasia, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), corticoids, immunosuppressor treatment
  • 5\. Valve heart disease
  • 6\. Rheumatoid fever
  • 7\. Pharyngitis with previous treatment during 15 days or recurrence of symptoms during 4 weeks after 7 days of complete antibiotic treatment
  • 8\. Pharyngitis of diphtheria or gonococcica cause
  • 9\. Tonsillectomy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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