Group A streptococcal antigen detection in school children

Autor:	Nada Mustafa, A. S. Ameen, H. Nsanze, K. P. Dawson
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	business.industry Immunology Medicine General Medicine High titer business Group A
Zdroj:	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 4:260-264
ISSN:	1687-1634 1020-3397
DOI:	10.26719/1998.4.2.260
Popis:	The objective of the study was to determine the correlation between group A streptococcal antigen detected from throat swabs with the culture results. A total of 1457 children had two swabs taken simultaneously, and culture and antigen detection were performed. There was a good correlation between antigen detection and isolation rates. In all, 225 strains of group A streptococcus were isolated;53 [57.6%] were from the 92 children with high antigen positivity, 68 [55.7%] were from the 122 children with medium antigen positivity and 77 [25.4%] were from 303 children with low antigen positivity;only 27 [2.9%] were from the 940 children with no antigen detected. We postulate that those who are antigen-positive, culture-negative carry the organisms in their throats, but they may be missed on culture because of the small number carried
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