The impact of national guidelines on the diagnostics of sore throat in children

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The Finnish treatment guidelines for sore throat were updated in June 2020. The aim of this study was to determine how the publication of these guidelines affected the treatment of pediatric patients, particularly through the use of the Centor criteria, C-reactive protein tests, and microbiological testing in the diagnosis of Group A β-hemolytic streptococci tonsillitis.