This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in JAMA  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Paul D. Fuchs, MD
Delta Health Center Mound Bayou, Miss

JAMA. 1985;254(7):909.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

To the Editor.—

It is interesting to note that the conclusion of Krober et al¹ concerning the efficacy of early treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis is essentially based on a comparison of seven patients (penicillin group) with documented streptococcal pharyngitis with eight patients (placebo group) with documented streptococcal pharyngitis. Considering the frequency of this disease in the United States, I would advise extreme caution in altering clinical practice based on a study with a total of only 15 patients with documented streptococcal pharyngitis. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?