Table 4 172 general practitioners use of the modified Centor Score (n = 40) or the Centor Score (n = 132) for deciding on whether to perform a streptococcal rapid antigen detection test (RADT) and prescribe antibiotics in well and unwell patients
| Modified Centor Score | Centor Score | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥0 | ≥1 | ≥2 | ≥3 | ≥4 | ≥5 | ≥0 | ≥1 | ≥2 | ≥3 | ≥4 | |
| Well | |||||||||||
| Positive RADTa | 4 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 58 | 19 | 0 |
| Regardless of RADT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 |
| Unwell | |||||||||||
| Positive RADT | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| Regardless of RADT | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 10 |