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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of once-daily amoxicillin in the treatment of GABHS pharyngitis.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Patients.<\/jats:title>\n Children presenting to a private pediatric office with GABHS pharyngitis.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design.<\/jats:title>\n Patients were randomly assigned to receive orally either amoxicillin (750 mg once daily) or penicillin V (250 mg three times a day) for 10 days. Compliance was monitored by urine antimicrobial activity.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Outcomes.<\/jats:title>\n Outcomes were measured by impact on the clinical course, eradication of GABHS within 18 to 24 hours, and bacteriologic treatment failure rate as determined by follow-up throat cultures 4 to 6 and 14 to 21 days after completing therapy. GABHS isolates were serotyped to distinguish bacteriologic treatment failures (same serotype as initial throat culture) from new acquisitions (different serotypes).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results.<\/jats:title>\n During the 16 months of this study, 152 children between 4 and 18 years of age (mean, 9.9 years) were enrolled; 79 children were randomly assigned to receive once-daily amoxicillin and 73 were assigned to receive penicillin V three times a day. The children in the two treatment groups were comparable with respect to age, duration of illness before initiation of therapy, compliance, and signs and symptoms at presentation. There was no significant difference in the clinical or bacteriologic responses of the patients in the two treatment groups at the 18- to 24-hour follow-up visit. 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