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ations and policy. In the United States, approximately 12 million individuals seek medical care for pharyngitis each year, accounting for about 2% of ambulatory care visits. Although the gold standard for diagnosing group A streptococcus (GAS) is culture, it is time intensive. Rapid antigen detection tests (RADT) with or without culture confirmation are commonly used instead. Although RADT provide results quickly, they generally have lower test sensitivity. Recently, point-of-care nucleic acid amplification tests (POC NAAT) have emerg