Infections périnéales à streptocoque du groupe A chez l’enfant

Autor: Stéphane Bonacorsi, Robert M. Cohen, Ph. Bidet, Stéphane Béchet, M. Koskas, C. Schlemmer, O. Romain, Corinne Levy
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Archives de Pédiatrie. 21:S97-S100
ISSN: 0929-693X
DOI: 10.1016/s0929-693x(14)72269-9
Popis: Perineal diseases in children are usually caused by group A streptococcus (GAS). If the natural course of untreated cases is not known, it is well known that symptoms do not resolve spontaneously and can persist often for many months, until appropriate diagnosis and effective treatment are instituted. Furthermore, failures and recurrences after penicillin treatment are frequent. From 2009 to 2014, 165 perineal infections (median age: 48 months, extremes: 0.4-139) were enrolled by 15 pediatricians: 4 balanitis, 29 vulvo-vaginal diseases and 132 perianal infections. Painful defecation, anal fissures and macroscopic blood in stools were significantly more frequent in GAS perianal infections than negative GAS infections (p
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