Point of care testing for group A streptococci in patients presenting with pharyngitis will improve appropriate antibiotic prescription.

CONCLUSION: Clinician judgement and Centor score are inadequate tools for clinical decision-making for children presenting with sore throat. Adjunctive POC testing provides sufficient accuracy to guide antibiotic prescription on first presentation.
PMID: 26934845 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Rural Remote Health - March 3, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Orda U, Mitra B, Orda S, Fitzgerald M, Gunnarsson R, Rofe G, Dargan A Tags: Emerg Med Australas Source Type: research