Shorter-course penicillin effective for strep throat: study

Guidelines could change if findings 'deemed convincing': study author
Reuters Health
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A five-day course of penicillin appears to be as effective as a 10-day course for pharyngotonsillitis caused by group A streptococci, a study finds.

Swedish researchers hypothesised that 800mg penicillin V given four times daily for five days would be noninferior to the recommended dose of 1000mg penicillin V given three times daily for 10 days.