^^Most clinics should have a rapid strep test so that cases like your child's don't happen too often. Of course, the test is not 100% sensitive, but it's better than waiting to be treated. Also, strep is usually pretty obvious if you examine properly.
And there was obviously a communication/follow-up issue in your case. That physician should have called you as soon as she/he got the result, and left a prescription for you...no reason for your son to have to see another doctor, be ill for longer, and use up more health care dollars.
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