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

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Pharyngeal swab performed immediately prior to study team approach;
• •2. Prior enrollment in this study;
• •3. Pharyngeal symptoms \>7 days;
• •4. Peritonsillar abscess;
• •5. Antibiotic use within one week of index visit;
• •6. Inability to open mouth to visualize the pharynx; and
• •7. Inability to understand English or Spanish, as study forms including consent and assent forms will be written in English and Spanish;
• •8. Woman who is pregnant (self-reported, pregnancy test will not be performed) or nursing;
• •9. 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).