Occurrence of group C Streptococci in children in a South Indian village

Autor: Thangam, Menon, S, Shanmugasundaram, M Palani, Kumar, C P Girish, Kumar
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Indian journal of pathologymicrobiology. 46(3)
ISSN: 0377-4929
Popis: Throat swabs were collected from 310 children aged 5-14 years attending a rural health camp at Orathur near Chennai. Group C Streptococci were isolated from 13/310 (4.19%) cases. Seven out of 13 patients had symptoms of respiratory tract infection. Biochemical characterization of the isolates was done by hemolytic characteristics, Voges-Proskauer test, fermentation of trehalose and sorbitol and hydrolysis of 4-methylumbelliferyl-D-â-glucuronide. Four out of 13 strains were identified as S. equisimilis.
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