Lately, we have been seeing people walking into our New Britain urgent care center with strep throat like symptoms. It can often be tough to differentiate between strep, or “Streptococcal pharyngitis”-a bacterial infection of the throat and the tonsils, and a sore throat, which can often times be viral, and not treatable with antibiotics. This is why it is important to have a rapid strep test as a first step towards treatment. Testing for ...
