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Mean duration of sore throat (in days, with 95% confidence intervals) in the three treatment groups
|
No of patients
|
Duration of penicillin treatment per group
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture | Seven days | Three days | Placebo group | |
| All | 156 | 3.8 (3.2 to 4.4) | 4.6 (4.0 to 5.2) | 3.8 (3.3 to 4.3) |
| Positive for group A streptococci | 96 | 3.0 (2.4 to 3.6) | 4.8 (4.0 to 5.6) | 3.5 (2.9 to 4.1) |
| Other or negative | 60 | 4.9 (4.1 to 5.7) | 4.4 (3.6 to 5.4) | 4.7 (3.5 to 5.9) |
