Pharyngitis following several days of coughing or rhinorrhea is more consistent with a viral etiology. Person has been in contact with others diagnosed with GAS or rheumatic fever presenting with symptoms consistent with GAS are more likely to have GAS pharyngitis.Headache is consistent with GAS infection. Approximately 75% of patients have a cough, which is distinctive from GAS infection. 2  C pneumoniae has a clinical picture similar to that of M pneumoniae. 3  Pharyngitis usually precedes the pulmonary infection by about 1-3 weeks. 4  Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a rare cause of pharyngitis.
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