Clinicomicrobiological profile of children with acute pharyngitis with special reference to streptococcol grouping
Patil, H.B.; Shahapur, P.R.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association 109(12): 906-907
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5847 PMID: 23469573 Document Number: 11537
A total of 100 patients of acute pharyngitis were evaluated clinically and investigated microbiologically. Eighty patients proved culture positive acute pharyngitis, among them 17 patients proved positive for beta-haemolytic streptococci, 14 patients for Staphylococcus aureus, 24 for pneumococci, 13 patients for Streptococcus viridans, 3 for Brahmanella catarrhalis, 4 for coagulase negative staphylococci, 5 had mixed infection. Further streptococcal grouping was carried out on these isolates. Out of 17 isolates of beta-haemolytic streptococci 13 (76.47%) belonged to group A and 2 each (11.76%) belonged to group C and group G.
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