A new scoring system for diagnosis of streptopharyngitis

From the clinical signs and symptoms of 145 cases of streptococcal pharyngitis and 126 cases of non-streptococcal pharyngitis, a new scoring system for diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis was devised. Efficacy of diagnosis for streptopharyngits by this method was 54% if a case had 5 items, 75% if he had 6 items and 93% if he had more than 7 items respectively.