studies re: dosing and abx for strep throat

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5 day azith vs 10 day pen v – strep comes back after 30 days

http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/content/31/suppl_E/89.abstract?ijkey=bccad51b41957894bc4177d246cac738bbfd077a&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha

 

10 days clarithromycin better than 5 days azith – strep comes back

http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/32/12/1798.full

 

 

Azith – best at 60 mg/kg (given as 20 mg/kg for 3 days or 12 mg/kg /day for 5 days) in the pediatric trials http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/12/1748.full