Certain civilian studies deal with selected or closed populations and therefore do not adequately describe the risk of streptococcal pharyngitis in an open population. In this connection ...

MANY studies have described the incidence of streptococcal pharyngitis in military personnel,1 , 2 and more recently attention has been focused on the occurrence of this disease in nonmilitary popu ...

Penicillin is the most commonly recommended therapy for group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis. Although group A streptococcus has not developed resistance, antibiotic therapy fails to eradicate ...

such as group A streptococcus and group B streptococcus. Group A causes pharyngitis (strep throat), an epidemic that spreads mainly among children every winter and from spring to early summer.

Meade pointed out strep throat is a bacterial infection, while typical sore throats stem from viral infections associated with colds or a flu. Meade said this difference is significant, as untreated ...