Journal Reviews

McIsaac scores in tonsillitis

1 January 2018 | | Acute, tonsillitis, diagnose, culture

Acute tonsillitis is usually caused by a viral infection, however often antibiotics are prescribed without a confirmed diagnosis of a bacterial infection. The Modified Centor (McIsaac) criteria, which include fever (>38°c), tonsillar exudate, no cough, anterior cervical lymphadenitis and age,...