Inverse association between Lancefield group G Streptococcus colonization and sore throat in slum and nonslum settings in Brazil

Sara Yee Tartof; Frances Farrimond; Juliana Arruda de Matos; Joice Neves Reis; Regina Terse Trindade Ramos; Aurelio Nei Andrade; Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis; Lee Woodland Riley

doi:10.1128/JCM.02095-10

Inverse association between Lancefield group G Streptococcus colonization and sore throat in slum and nonslum settings in Brazil

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jan;49(1):409-12. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02095-10. Epub 2010 Nov 3.

Authors

Sara Yee Tartof¹, Frances Farrimond, Juliana Arruda de Matos, Joice Neves Reis, Regina Terse Trindade Ramos, Aurelio Nei Andrade, Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis, Lee Woodland Riley

Affiliation

¹ University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, 201 Hildebrand Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

Abstract

Group G Streptococcus has been implicated as a causative agent of pharyngitis in outbreak situations, but its role in endemic disease remains elusive. We found an unexpected inverse association of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis colonization and sore throat in a study of 2,194 children of 3 to 15 years of age in Salvador, Brazil.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Brazil / epidemiology
Carrier State / epidemiology*
Carrier State / microbiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Male
Pharyngitis / epidemiology*
Pharyngitis / microbiology
Poverty Areas
Prevalence
Streptococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
Streptococcus / classification*
Streptococcus / isolation & purification*