Prevalance of Streptococcus pyogenes infection in children aged between 5 to 15 years with acute tonsillopharyngitis and its antibiogram

Sharma, Shailendra; Praveen, Sh; Devi, Kh Sulochana; Sahoo, Biswajeet; Singh, Waikhom Shashi; Singh, Thokchom Devaraj

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“…In the present study all the isolates were sensitive to penicillin by disc diffusion method. This finding correlates with finding obtained in studies from authors S. Sharma, et al 24 Penicillin sensitivity was 91.3% in study from D Ray, et al 25 Erythromycin resistance was found in 1/3 isolates (33.3%) which was comparable to other studies 24,26 .…”

Section: Oro-pharyngeal Colonisation By Staphylococcus Aureus and Orosupporting

confidence: 89%

Gram Positive Bacteria Carriage among Health Care Workers: An Under-Reported Source of Infections?

Toshniwal¹,

Mudey²,

Khandekar³

et al. 2020

J Pure Appl Microbiol

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Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes are two highly infectious pathogens implicated in a significant percentage of healthcare associated infections. They produce wide range of infections, from mere folliculitis & furuncles, cellulitis, myositis, & glomerulonephritis to conditions with very significant morbidity such as necrotizing fasciitis & Toxic Shock syndrome, and thus represent an important subset of infections that need to be tackled urgently. To assess prevalence of nasal as well as oropharyngeal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus & Streptococcus pyogenes among health-care workers and its antimicrobial resistance pattern. One nasal swab & two oropharyngeal swabs were collected from each participant, with one nasal & oropharyngeal swab cultured on blood agar & mannitol salt agar for Staphylococcus aureus, and the second oropharyngeal swabs were cultured on Crystal violet blood agar for Streptococcus pyogenes, further subjected to susceptibility test by disc diffusion method on Muller-Hinton agar as per CLSI guidelines 2019. Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus carriage was 9% which includes 4% It is nasal, 4.5% oropharyngeal & 0.5% both. Prevalence of MRSA, MLSB & mupirocin resistant Staphylococcus aureus was 1.5%,4% & 0%respectively. Prevalence of oropharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pyogenes was 1.5%. This study feature the need of screening of Health-care workers for nasal as well as oropharyngeal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus & Streptococcus pyogenes & further its antimicrobial resistance pattern.

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Section: Oro-pharyngeal Colonisation By Staphylococcus Aureus and Orosupporting

confidence: 89%

Gram Positive Bacteria Carriage among Health Care Workers: An Under-Reported Source of Infections?

Toshniwal¹,

Mudey²,

Khandekar³

et al. 2020

J Pure Appl Microbiol

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Epidemiological Aspects and Antibiotics Susceptibility Patterns of Streptococcus pyogenes Isolated from Subjects with Tonsillitis, Sudan

Ahmed

Groun

Almugadam

et al. 2023

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Background: Globally, Streptococcus pharyngitis is a major public health challenge. The current study investigates the prevalence of Streptococcal pyogenes among children under 17 years old in ENT Kosti Teaching Hospital and examines the susceptibility of isolated S. pyogenes strains to commonly used antibiotics.Methods: A total of 384 throat swabs were obtained from children under the age of 17 who attended the Kosti Teaching Hospital between 2019 and 2021. Streptococcus pyogenes was isolated by conventional microbiology procedures. Each S. pyogenes strain was subjected to antibiotic susceptibility testing according to the CLSI guidelines.Results: Most participants of this study were females 219 (57%) and aged between 5 and 10 years 259 (67.4%). Out of the 384 participants, 134 (34.9%) and 255 (66.4%) suffered from lymphadenopathy and tonsil hyperplasia, respectively. Interestingly, lymphadenopathy and tonsil hyperplasia were more (P 0.05) in the 5–10 age group than those aged 11–16 years. Moreover, 41.4% of the participants were infected by a GAS sore throat. GAS sore throat is significantly associated with lymphadenopathy (AOR: 2.375, 95% CI: 1.479–3.815, P 0.000) and tonsil hyperplasia (AOR: 3.374, 95% CI: 1.939–5.874, P 0.000). Notably, males (AOR: 0.853, 95% CI: 0.549–1.325, P 0.479) and individuals aged 5–10 years (AOR: 0.867, 95% CI: 0.464–1.618, P 0.654) were less likely to have a GAS sore throat. In our study, all isolated strains were sensitive to penicillin. Clindamycin, azithromycin, and erythromycin resistance were observed in 7 (4.4%), 44 (27.7%), and 47 (29.6%) isolates, respectively.Conclusion: The study displayed the current situation of GAS sore throat in the White Nile state. Penicillin was found to be the effective drug to cure S. tonsillitis but a high rate of resistance to macrolides was noticed which is an alarming sign.

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Prevalance of Streptococcus pyogenes infection in children aged between 5 to 15 years with acute tonsillopharyngitis and its antibiogram

Abstract: Abstract:Objective: To study the prevalence of group A beta haemolytic streptococcal (GABHS)

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Gram Positive Bacteria Carriage among Health Care Workers: An Under-Reported Source of Infections?

Gram Positive Bacteria Carriage among Health Care Workers: An Under-Reported Source of Infections?

Epidemiological Aspects and Antibiotics Susceptibility Patterns of Streptococcus pyogenes Isolated from Subjects with Tonsillitis, Sudan

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