Effect of a Widespread Reduction in Treatment Duration for Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis on Outcomes Including Household Transmission
Shorter-course treatment had no detectable negative effect on GAS pharyngitis outcomes in this population, including patients receiving no antibiotics. Short-course therapy for GAS pharyngitis has been associated with lower pharyngeal eradication; this did not translate to a detectable increase in household transmission in this real-world setting, which to our knowledge is a novel finding.
Authors
- Max Bloomfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3920-7151)
- Michelle Balm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2969-1277)
- Hamish Reed-Embleton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8291-0777)
- Koen Van Der Werff
- Tim Blackmore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2879-5154)
- S. Todd
Institutions
- Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
- Capital and Coast District Health Board (NZ)
- Building Research Association of New Zealand (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf323
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00