Microflora of nasopharynx in patients with urticaria
Baturo, A.P.; Romanenko, E.E.; Mokronosova, M.A.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 7: 82-85
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 17297887 Document Number: 603809
Microflora of nasopharynx in 117 patients with urticaria was studied. 589 cultures of gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria were isolated. Gram-positive bacteria represented the overwhelming majority of isolates from which streptococci dominated with high level of constancy (C=91.4%) and prevalence on mucosa. Several patients had signs of chronic streptococcal infection that support the possible role of streptococci in development of urticaria.