A new scoring system for diagnosis of streptopharyngitis.
From the clinical signs and symptoms of 145 cases of streptococcal pharyngitis and 126 cases of non-streptococcal pharyngitis, a new scoring system for diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis was devised. Efficacy of diagnosis for streptopharyngits by this method was 54% if a case had 5 items, 75% if he had 6 items and 93% if he had more than 7 items respectively.
D000855:Anorexia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003371:Cough / Q000453:epidemiology; D005334:Fever / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009325:Nausea / Q000453:epidemiology; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014068:Tonsillectomy