Abstract |
The research of antibodies for group A streptococcal polysaccharide (MSK) is affirming itself more and more for its value among serological researches of the streptococcal infection. Present work offers a compared evaluation between antipolysaccharidic C and antistreptolisinic titres, revealed during acute streptococcal infections, in paediatric practice. The study regards a group of a hundred children admitted in hospital for symptoms relating to streptococcal infection or upper respiratory tract infections of viral etiology (control group). The research of antipolysaccharidic C titer resulted positive in 88% of the streptococcal infection cases, against the positivity of 62% of ASO. The determination of MSK, already well-known for its quick reply, has shown its full value between the age-range of 1-3: in half of the cases regarding children below the age of 3, the ASO titer remained negative, instead there was a quick reply of MSK in all the cases: it is confirmed the utility of inserting the MSK among the screening tests of fever diseases of suspected bacterial nature in children.
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Authors | G Mussi |
Journal | Bollettino dell'Istituto sieroterapico milanese
(Boll Ist Sieroter Milan)
Vol. 64
Issue 4
Pg. 315-9
( 1985)
ISSN: 0021-2547 [Print] Italy |
Vernacular Title | Importanza del titolo antipolisaccaride C nella diagnostica della infezione streptococcica in età pediatrica. |
PMID | 4074512
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Polysaccharides, Bacterial
- streptococcal polysaccharide group A
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Topics |
- Antibodies, Bacterial
(analysis)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Humans
- Infant
- Polysaccharides, Bacterial
(immunology)
- Respiratory Tract Infections
(diagnosis, microbiology)
- Streptococcal Infections
(diagnosis)
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