Acute Pharyngitis

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Acute pharyngitis is one of the most common illnesses for which patients visit primary care physicians. According to the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, upper respiratory tract infections, including acute pharyngitis, are responsible for 200 visits to a physician per 1000 population annually in the United States1 — a rate more than double that for any other category of infectious disease. The sore throat, fever, and malaise associated with acute pharyngitis are distressing, but with few exceptions, these illnesses are both benign and self-limited.Many bacterial and viral organisms are capable of inducing pharyngitis, either as a single manifestation or . . .