Streptococcal Sore Throat and Throat Culture

Abstract

In view of the availability of laboratory aids applicable in modern medical practice, it is difficult indeed for the general practitioner to cite inconvenience, delay or inaccessibility as a reason for failure to employ these technics to determine whether or not a case of pharyngitis or tonsillitis is due to streptococci. As the general practitioner employs these aids, benefits will accrue in terms of more accurate diagnosis, applied specific therapy, and decreased opportunity for drug sensitivity and development of resistant strains of staphylococci, as well as possible clarification of the epidemiology of nonsuppurative sequelae of streptococcal sore throat.