طفل عمره ٦ سنوات عنده التهاب حلق وحرارة وعقد رقبية مؤلمة، بدون سعال، واختبار المكورات العقدية السريع إيجابي. لماذا يهم إكمال المضاد الحيوي كاملاً؟

A 6-year-old has a sore throat, fever and tender neck nodes without cough, and a positive rapid strep test. Why must the antibiotic course be completed?

1. To prevent colds next winter
2. Because the virus only dies after ten days
3. To prevent complications such as rheumatic fever
4. Because he will develop asthma if it stops early

Answer: C) To prevent complications such as rheumatic fever. Group A strep pharyngitis is usually treated with penicillin or amoxicillin for ten days, and completing it prevents complications such as rheumatic fever and peritonsillar abscess.