Prevalence of beta hemolytic streptococci carrier rate among schoolchildren in Salem

Navaneeth, B.V.; Ray, Nimananda; Chawda, Sanjiv; Selvarani, P.; Bhaskar, Matcha; Suganthi, N

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“…Performing antibiogram test on streptococci isolated from carriers showed that these bacteria were mostly sensitive to vancomycin,erythromycin and and cephalothin respectively, which is compatible with the study done in Kerman in 1995 (1).Performing an analysis on 19 studies, pechechero ME and coworkers claimed that oral cephalosporins had significantly higher cure rate comparing to penicillin (7). In a study accomplished by Nevaceeth and coworkers in India in 2001, all samples resulting from pharyngeal culture of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus carrier children were sensitive to penicillin, erythromycin and cephazolin [17] while in our study all of them were resistant to penicillin and sensitive to erythromycin and cephazolin which could be explained by incomplete and unnecessary treatment by penicillin in our community.…”

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Prevalence of Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus Carrier State and its Sensitivity to Different Antibiotics among Guidance - School Children in Kerman-Iran

Nabipour¹,

Tayarzadeh²

2005

American J. of Infectious Diseases

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Group A -hemolytic streptococcus is the most frequently isolated pathogen in acute pharyngitis and pharingotonsilits Cases in school -aged children. Resulting in dangerous complications such as rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis, diagnosis and treatment of the disease would be of great importance. The aim of this study was determination of the frequency of group Ahemolytic streptococcus carriers in middle school in Kerman. A total of 200 students with ages ranging from 11 to 15 years were included in the study. The inclusion criteria were having no symptoms or signs of upper respiratory tract infection, and no antibiotics usage in the last two weeks. The overall prevalence of group A -hemolytic streptococcus carrier state in all age groups was 28.5%. After doing antibiogram test, all of them were sensitive to vancomycin, erythromycin and cephalotin and reversely resistant to penicillin. Our study suggests that inappropriate use of these antibiotics increases the chronic carrier state of Group A -hemolytic streptococcus in our community.

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Prevalence of Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus Carrier State and its Sensitivity to Different Antibiotics among Guidance - School Children in Kerman-Iran

Nabipour¹,

Tayarzadeh²

2005

American J. of Infectious Diseases

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“…In the present study, Beta Haemolytic Streptococci (BHS) were isolated from 44 (2.2%) children, which was less than those which were isolated in other studies [3,[6][7][8]. GAS was isolated from 38 children (1.9%) in the present study, while other studies had reported higher incidences [3,[6][7][8][9][10].…”

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“…This study was undertaken in an agricultural area and the people of the area mainly belonged to the middle and the lower socio economic groups. The high prevalence rates which were reported by others could be due to the high population density, the hot and humid climate, air pollution and more number of students in the class rooms, which may have contributed to the spread of the GAS infection [3,[6][7][8][9][10].…”

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The Prevalence of Group A Streptococci Carriers Among Asymptomatic School Children

Vijaya¹

2013

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Aim: The Group A Streptococci (GAS) cause several suppurative and nonsuppurative infections. GAS frequently gets colonized in the throat of asymptomatic school children. A preliminary study was conducted to identify the GAS carrier state in apparently healthy children who belonged to various schools which were located in and around the rural village, B.G.Nagara, Mandya Dist, Karnataka state, India. Material and Methods:Throat swabs were collected from 2000 asymptomatic school children who were aged 5-15 years. The beta haemolytic streptococci isolates were sero-grouped by agglutination tests by using specific antisera (HiStrep Latex Test, Hi-Media, Mumbai, India). Results:Out of the 44 (2.2%) beta haemolytic which were isolated, 38 (86.36%) were GAS, 5 (11.36%) were Group C Streptococci and one (2.27%) was Group G Streptococcus. Among the 38 GAS positive children, 24 (63.16%) were transient carriers, 10(26.32%) were recurrent carriers and 4 (10.52%) were chronic carriers. The GAS chronic carriers were of the age group of 9-12 years.

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“…We found considerably higher recovery of GABHS on tonsil surfaces (42.1%) and cores (57.1 %) than reported rates of 15.5% 23 , 21% 24 , and 28% 25 from throats of apparently healthy children or those with recurrent tonsillitis (16.9%) 26,27 or tonsillar hypertrophy (20%) 21,23 . Surow et al 19 reported a 19.6% colonization rate in the tonsil core and Kielmovitch et al 26 found high prevalence of S. pyogenes in cultured tonsil surfaces of children with obstructive tonsillar hypertrophy.…”

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Achado de bactérias selecionadas em crianças de Trinidad com doença amigdaliana crônica

Pereira¹,

Juman²,

Bekele³

et al. 2008

Rev. Bras. Otorrinolaringol.

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Pharyngot onsillitis in children is widely treated with antibiotics. Aim: To examine tonsil surface and core microflora following elective adenotonsillectomy in children. Methods: Tonsils of 102 Trinidadian children were prospectively examined for surface and core bacteriological culture and identification between [2005][2006]. Results: Tonsils (360) yielded 800 isolates of Streptococcus spp. (51.3%), Staphylococcus spp. (42.3%) and Gram-negative genera (6.4%). Surface and core recovery of staphylococci and streptococci were similar (p>0.05). More (p<0.001) surfaces (82.2%) than cores (63.3%) grew Streptococcus spp.; α-haemolytic Streptococcus prevalence was higher (p<0.001) than ß-haemolytic Streptococcus on surfaces (74.4% vs. 18.6%) than cores (58.9% vs. 13.7%). Surfaces and cores were not concordant for streptococci (p<0.0004) and α-haemolytic Streptococcus (p<0.007). Surface and core ß-haemolytic Streptococcus yield was higher (p<0.05) in 6-16 than 1-5 year olds (31% and 23.8% vs 12.5% and 8%). S. pyogenes surface and core prevalence was (84.6% vs 70%) and (50.0% vs 25.0%) in older and younger children respectively. Klebsiella spp. (6.6 %, 2.2%), Proteus (4.4%, 4.4%) and Pseudomonas (4.4 %, 1.1%) grew on surfaces and cores respectively.

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Prevalence of beta hemolytic streptococci carrier rate among schoolchildren in Salem

Cited by 21 publications

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Prevalence of Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus Carrier State and its Sensitivity to Different Antibiotics among Guidance - School Children in Kerman-Iran

Prevalence of Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus Carrier State and its Sensitivity to Different Antibiotics among Guidance - School Children in Kerman-Iran

The Prevalence of Group A Streptococci Carriers Among Asymptomatic School Children

Achado de bactérias selecionadas em crianças de Trinidad com doença amigdaliana crônica

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