Pharyngitis screening
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Venkata Sivakrishna Kumar Pulivarthi M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Routine screening for pharyngitis is not recommended. Testing for etiologic agents of pharyngitis should only be done in symptomatic patients.
Screening
Screening for etiologic agents of pharyngitis should only be done in symptomatic patients especially population at risk. Anyone during the winter months is at risk of pharyngitis, especially those aged 5 to 15 years. Screening can be performed using rapid antigen detection test (RADT) or throat culture.
Screening of asymptomatic carriers can be considered in the following cases:
- Recurrent GAS pharyngitis among family members
- During an outbreak of rheumatic fever
- In patients with personal history of acute rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease