Clinical score card for diagnosis of group A streptococcal sore throat.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:Group A beta hemolytic streptococcus (GAS) sore throat primarily occurs among children in 5-15 years age group, and if not treated appropriately causes rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease (RF/RHD). Present study was aimed at validation of a clinical scoring system for diagnosis of GAS. METHODS:Five hundred and thirty six children in 5-15 years age group were enrolled by systematic random selection of households from a peri-urban slum of Chandigarh. They were visited fortnightly at their home for one year to record signs and symptoms of cough and cold. Throat swabs were collected in 918 episodes, of which 123 (13.4%) were GAS culture positive. RESULT:Significant association of GAS was found with pain in the throat, enlarged tonsils, pharyngeal erythema and tender cervical lymphadenopathy. According to the percentage positivity of GAS culture, weighted scores were assigned to age of the child, season of occurrence, fever, size of tonsil, pharyngeal erythema and exudate, lymphadenopathy and pain in throat. Combinations of various symptoms and signs gave sensitivity of 86-89% and specificity of 83-89% whereas clinical score of 15 or more had 91% sensitivity and 98% specificity for diagnosis of GAS pharyngitis. CONCLUSION:As the level of clinical acumen and prevalence of GAS may differ in different primary care settings of the country, the proposed scoring system should be validated and adapted to suit local conditions before establishing it in the primary prophylaxis strategy to prevention of RF/RHD.

journal_name

Indian J Pediatr

authors

Nandi S,Kumar R,Ray P,Vohra H,Ganguly NK

doi

10.1007/BF02722644

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-06-01 00:00:00

pages

471-5

issue

6

eissn

0019-5456

issn

0973-7693

journal_volume

69

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