Centor Criteria: Sensitivity and Specificity
Introduction:
None written. Excerpt from the entry in Acute Streptococcal Pharyngitis:
=4 criteria:subjective or objective fever (>38C)
exudative pharyngitis
lack of cough
tender cervical LAD
=4 criteria:
Associated Diagnoses:
Acute Streptococcal Pharyngitis
15% sensitive, 90% specific
Acute Streptococcal Pharyngitis
48% sensitive, 67% specific
Acute Streptococcal Pharyngitis
33% sensitive, 77% specific