Pharyngitis / Laryngitis

Bacterial
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep)
Atypical Bacterial
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Virus
COVID-19 Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
Enterovirus D68
Rhinovirus/Enterovirus

Fusobacterium nucleatum, necrophorum
Streptococcus dysgalactiae (Group C & G Strep)
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep)

Adenovirus HAdV-B
COVID-19 Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
Enterovirus D68
Human metapneumovirus
Influenza virus, A, B
Other Coronaviruses (229E)
Other Coronaviruses (NL63)
Other Coronaviruses (HKU1)
Other Coronaviruses(OC43)
Parainfluenza virus (types 1)
Parainfluenza virus (types 2)
Parainfluenza virus (types 3)
Parainfluenza virus (types 4)
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Rhinovirus/Enterovirus

dfr (A1, A5), sul (1,2)
ermB, C; mefA
tet B, tet M

Herpes simplex virus 1
Herpes simplex virus 2
Chlamydia trachomatis
Epstein-Barr Virus (Human Herpesvirus 4)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Treponema pallidum

Specimen Types

Oropharynx swab

Common Signs & Symptoms

Consider if patient presents with pain in throat, fever, pharyngeal edema, patchy tonsillar exudates, or tender/swollen anterior cervical lymph nodes. J00, J02.9, J06.0, R05.1, R05.2, R50.9