Score of 3 or 4 suggests the patient may benefit from antibiotics. A score less than 3 suggests an 80% chance the patient does not have an infection and antibiotics are unnecessary. Use as a guide only. The CENTOR score is not ideal and will lead to some patients with bacterial pharyngitis not being treated and result in unnecessary antibiotic treatment for others
Otitis externa (OE)
Malignant Otitis Externa
Otitis media (OM)
Auricular chondritis
Sinusitis
Chronic sinusitis or failure of initial therapy.
Pharyngitis/tonsillitis - Calculate the CENTOR score
CENTOR score: A 4 point score, one point for each of:
Acute epiglottitis/supraglottitis
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