Centor criteria

Centor criteria to help categorise the patient's risk of group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus infection. Not valid in children under three years of age.

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Recommendations from NICE clinical knowledge summary on acute sore throat

The presence of three or four of these clinical signs (Centor score 3 or 4) suggests that the person may have a group A beta-haemolytic infection, and may benefit from antibiotics treatment.

The absence of three or four of these signs suggests that the person is unlikely to have an infection, and antibiotics treatment is unlikely to be necessary.


Reference: Ebell MH, Smith MA, Barry HC, Ives K, Carey M. The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have strep throat? JAMA, 2000;284:2912-8