[The dynamics of detecting group-A streptococci in an infectious disease clinic].

Abstract

The study revealed that the isolation rate of group A streptococci in scarlet fever patients at the time of hospitalization did not exceed 68%. The isolation rate of these streptococci was greatly influenced by antibacterial therapy carried out before hospitalization. Under clinical conditions with intensive penicillin therapy group A streptococci were eliminated from the larynx on days 3-4. In 13% of children repeated streptococcal infection was observed 0.5-3 months after discharge from hospital.

• Authors: E B Pavlova, I M Iontova, L V Bystriakova
• Journal: Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii (Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol) Issue 11-12 Pg. 16-9 ( 1992) ISSN: 0372-9311 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Dinamika vyiavleniia streptokokkov gruppy A v infektsionnoĭ klinike.
• PMID: 1301653 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Communicable Diseases (microbiology)
• Hospitals, Pediatric
• Humans
• Infant
• Palatine Tonsil (microbiology)
• Pharynx (microbiology)
• Recurrence
• Russia
• Scarlet Fever (microbiology)
• Streptococcus pyogenes (isolation & purification)
• Time Factors
• Tonsillitis (microbiology)