Differential Diagnosis
What is the most common cause of sore throat in adults in the United States?
What is Viral Infection?
(Patient education: Sore throat in adults (Beyond the Basics) - UpToDate )
What are 3 symptoms/diagnostic signs of Strep Throat other than Sore throat?
What are Fever, Absence of Cough, Swollen Tonsils, Swollen Lymph Nodes, Tonsillar Exudates?
(Up to Date: Evaluation of acute pharyngitis in adults)
Roughly what percentage of sore throat in adults is caused by bacterial infection?
What is 5-15%?
(Up to Date: Evaluation of acute pharyngitis in adults)
What medications are commonly used to treat Strep A?
What are amoxicillin and penicillin?
(Cleveland Clinic: Strep Throat)
What is the name of a test for Group A Strep Pharyngitis?
What is a Rapid Antigen Detection Test?
(Up to Date: Evaluation of acute pharyngitis in adults)
True/False: GAS Pharyngitis can be diagnosed using only clinical symptoms and not pathogen testing?
What is False?
(Up to Date: Evaluation of acute pharyngitis in adults)
What "relative" of Group A Strep is often associated with foodbourne spread illness that causes sore throat?
What is Group C or Group G Strep?
(Up to Date: Evaluation of acute pharyngitis in adults)
How long is Strep Throat normally contagious after starting antibiotic treatment?
What is 24-28 hours?
(Up To Date: Evaluation of acute pharyngitis in adults)
Name one common non-respiratory cause of cough:
What is GERD, Heart Failure, and use of ACE inhibitors?
(Mayo Clinic: Chronic Cough)
What is the name of the Diagnostic criteria for GAS Pharyngitis?
What is the Centor Critiera?
(Up To Date: Evaluation of acute pharyngitis in adults)