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. 2021 Mar 19;118(11):188–194. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0121

eTable 2. PubMed search strategy (www.pubmed.org) (16 November 2017).

No. Search query Number
#1 Search (((nasopharyngitis[MeSH Terms]) OR (nasopharyngit* [Title/Abstract]) OR (tonsillitis[MeSH Terms]) OR (tonsillit*[Title/Abstract]) OR (sore throat[MeSH Terms]) OR ((sore*[Title/Abstract]) AND (throat*[Title/Abstract])) OR (pharyngitis[MeSH Terms]) OR (pharyngit*[Title/Abstract]) OR (rhinopharyngitis[MeSH Terms]) OR (rhinopharyngit*[Title/Abstract])) AND ((“german”[Language]) OR (“english”[Language])) AND (“2009/10/01”[Date –Publication] : “2017/11/16”[Date – Publication]) AND (“systematic”[Filter])) 259
Number of hits: 259
Cochrane Library database search strategy (www.cochranelibrary.com) (16 November 2017)
No. Search query Number
#1 “sore throat”:ti,ab,kw or “pharyngitis”:ti,ab,kw or “tonsillitis”:ti,ab,kw or “nasopharyngitis”:ti,ab,kw or “rhinopharyngitis”:ti,ab,kw Publication Year from 2009 to 2017, in Other Reviews and Technology Assessments (Word variations have been searched) 74
#2 MeSH descriptor: [Pharyngitis] explode all trees 1074
#3 #1 OR #2, Publication Year from 2009 to 2017, in Cochrane Reviews (Reviews only), Other Reviews and Technology Assessments 75
Number of hits: 75
Summary of database search results
Medline Cochrane databases Total
Hits 259 75 334