Diagnosis and Management of Group a Streptococcal Pharyngitis in the United States, 2011–2015

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Pharyngitis event characteristics

Characteristic	All Ages	Age < 18 years	Age ≥ 18 years
No. of events	18,778,397	10,229,548	8,548,849
Provider specialty, %
Pediatrician^a	28.3	49.9	2.5
Family physician	26.2	15.4	39.0
Internist	7.1	2.3	12.8
Other/unknown	38.4	32.4	45.7
Antibiotics prescribed, %	49.3	45.0	54.4
Follow-up visits, %^b
0	70.9	73.7	67.6
1	20.4	19.5	21.3
≥2	8.7	6.8	11.0
Hospital admissions, %
0	99.7	99.8	99.6
1	0.3	0.2	0.4
≥2	0.01	0.01	0.01
Other complications, %^c	0.18	0.31	0.03

^aPrimary care (general practice) physician who specializes in children (< 18 years)
^bFourteen days post-index visit
^cComplications related to streptococcal pharyngitis: scarlet fever, post–streptococcal glomerulonephritis, rheumatic fever, and streptococcal pneumonia

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