TABLE 6.

Summary of potentially adverse outcomes possible using one of three tactics in selecting a therapeutic strategy for patients with pharyngitis

Patient group and potentially adverse outcome	No. of patients
	WIC patients			PED patients
	Clinical assessment	Clinical assessment + Strep A OIA	Strep A OIA alone	Clinical assessment	Clinical assessment + Strep A OIA	Strep A OIA alone
Patients potentially lost for follow-up	15	5	4	56	9	11
Receiving 2 to 3 days of antibiotic	7	0	0	16	0	0
Receiving no antibiotic	8	5	4	40	9	11
Prescription of unnecessary antibiotics, risk for adverse drug reaction	58	41 (23a)	2	43	36 (23a)	7

^aNumber of patients after adjustment for confounding diagnoses.