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

Inclusion Criteria: 1. All patients aged 7-64 years of age with suspected GAS pharyngitis with modified Centor (McIsaac) score ≥2; and 2. Patient agrees to participate in study and patient or parent/guardian sign consent/assent form. 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).