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Predicting Streptococcal Pharyngitis In Adults In Primary Care: A Systematic Review Of The Diagnostic Accuracy Of Symptoms And Signs And Validation Of The Centor Score., Jolien Aalbers, Kirsty O'Brien, Wai-Sun Chan, Gavin Falk, Conor Teljeur, Borislav Dimitrov, Tom Fahey
Predicting Streptococcal Pharyngitis In Adults In Primary Care: A Systematic Review Of The Diagnostic Accuracy Of Symptoms And Signs And Validation Of The Centor Score., Jolien Aalbers, Kirsty O'Brien, Wai-Sun Chan, Gavin Falk, Conor Teljeur, Borislav Dimitrov, Tom Fahey
Borislav D Dimitrov
BACKGROUND: Stratifying patients with a sore throat into the probability of having an underlying bacterial or viral cause may be helpful in targeting antibiotic treatment. We sought to assess the diagnostic accuracy of signs and symptoms and validate a clinical prediction rule (CPR), the Centor score, for predicting group A β-haemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) pharyngitis in adults (> 14 years of age) presenting with sore throat symptoms. METHODS: A systematic literature search was performed up to July 2010. Studies that assessed the diagnostic accuracy of signs and symptoms and/or validated the Centor score were included. For the analysis of the diagnostic …