IHS (Indian Health Service) would give you anti-biotics when it suspected strep throat (or any other sickness) they would prescribe anti-biotics even though their tests would take 3 days[1]. If it wasn't strep, they wouldn't tell you to stop taking the anti-biotics. Glad to see we followed the practices of East Block countries.
1) send to government contracted lab, get sample test, send back result - gotta love government contracts. I'm told someone got an even bigger contract to speed up the testing or allow onsite tests.
If you start an antibiotic course, it's important to finish it. Otherwise you will have exerted some selective pressure on bacteria in your body without making sure you killed them all, leaving only the resistant bacteria to flourish.
1) send to government contracted lab, get sample test, send back result - gotta love government contracts. I'm told someone got an even bigger contract to speed up the testing or allow onsite tests.