Occurrence of beta-hemolytic streptococcus group G in school children and sick children

P Nunthapisud; S Sililertpanrana; K Tatiyakavee; S Chumdermpadetsuk

Occurrence of beta-hemolytic streptococcus group G in school children and sick children

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1990 Jun;21(2):215-8.

Authors

P Nunthapisud¹, S Sililertpanrana, K Tatiyakavee, S Chumdermpadetsuk

Affiliation

¹ National Streptococcal Reference Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.

PMID: 2237589

Abstract

We studied the occurrence of Streptococcus group G in throat cultures obtained from school children of poor socioeconomic status and in sick children brought to our hospital. The results revealed a high occurrence of group G Streptococci (44% and 91.5% respectively) in cases positive for beta-hemolytic Streptococci.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Incidence
Pharynx / microbiology
Prevalence
Schools
Socioeconomic Factors
Streptococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
Streptococcus / classification
Streptococcus / growth & development
Streptococcus / isolation & purification*
Thailand / epidemiology