Pilot Study of Strepic® Device for the Diagnosis of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis

Inclusion criteria

• All patients aged 7-64 years of age with suspected GAS pharyngitis with modified Centor (McIsaac) score ≥2; and
• Patient agrees to participate in study and patient or parent/guardian sign consent/assent form.

Exclusion criteria

• Pharyngeal swab performed immediately prior to study team approach;
• Prior enrollment in this study;
• Pharyngeal symptoms >7 days;
• Peritonsillar abscess;
• Antibiotic use within one week of index visit;
• Inability to open mouth to visualize the pharynx; and
• Inability to understand English or Spanish, as study forms including consent and assent forms will be written in English and Spanish;
• Woman who is pregnant (self-reported, pregnancy test will not be performed) or nursing;
• Current prisoner (define as an individual involuntarily confined in a penal institution, including persons: (1) sentenced under a criminal or civil statue; (2) detained pending arraignment, trial, or sentencing; and (3) detained in other facilities (e.g., for drug detoxification or treatment of alcoholism) under statutes or commitment procedures providing such alternatives to criminal prosecution or incarceration in a penal institution).