Table 1.

Most common organisms causing pharyngitis

VIRAL PHARYNGITIS	BACTERIAL PHARYNGITIS	FUNGAL PHARYNGITIS
• Rhinovirus	• Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS)	• Candida albicans
• Adenovirus	• Haemophilus influenzae
• Coxsackievirus	• Chlamydophila pneumoniae
• Coronavirus	• Mycoplasma pneumoniae
• Respiratory syncytial virus   -Parainfluenza	• Arcanobacterium haemolyticum • Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Epstein-Barr virus	• Treponema pallidum
• Orthomyxoviridae

GAS—group A streptococcus.