Antibiotic prescriptions to children with periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis.
Karin RydenmanStefan BergAnna Karlsson-BengtssonAnders FasthPer WekellPublished in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2024)
This study shows higher rates of dispensed antibiotic prescriptions for children with PFAPA than in the general population. The reduction of prescriptions after an established PFAPA diagnosis indicates that antibiotics were previously incorrectly prescribed for PFAPA episodes.
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