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How would you treat a child who is a strep carrier and got an acute moderate pain in his throat. no fever and no other symptoms . still very active.would you do the swab and get the positive result and give antibiotic or would you treat as a virus?
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If the throat has typical signs of acute strep infection I will treat it empirically with antibiotic.
Answered 9/12/2021
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