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Abstract The study included 1626 children, 26.4%(N:430) of the children had a positive throat culture for group A B-hemolytic streptococci , 42.3% were girls, 45.5% were above 5 years of age. The highest rate of positive cultures was in children above 5 years of age (51.7%,p-value =0.002).Each presenting sign and symptom was evaluated in terms of its frequency and association with GABHS pharyngitis. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, LR+ve,and LR-ve were calculated for each sign and symptom that was positively associated with GABHS Pharyngitis. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to develop our final clinical prediction model. |