title: [The impact of a sore throat score on clinical management of streptococcal angina].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish the validity and the role of a clinical sore throat score in clinical management of streptococcal angina on a first visit to a primary care provider.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study included 168 patients. The sore throat score had 5 criteria: age, fever, absence of cough, tender anterior cervical nodes, tonsillar swelling or exudate. The score range is -1 to 5.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 168 patients, 53 (31.5%) had a positive culture result for beta hemolytic streptococci. Compared with throat culture a score = 3 has a sensitivity of 62.,26% (95%CI: 47.9%-75.2%), a specificity of 78.26% (95%CI: 69.6%-85.4%). Efficiency of this score is 73.21%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical sore throat score may assist the primary care providers in estimating that a patient has streptococcal angina without replacing rapid antigenic testing or culture.
authors.affiliation: Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr T Popa Iaşi, Facultatea de Medicină Dentară, Disciplina de Microbiologie.
authors.forename: Cătălina Suzana
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Stîngu
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Turcu
authors.forename: St
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dimitriu
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dimitriu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011379:Prognosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents