Community outbreak of perianal group A streptococcal infection in Denmark

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-109

  Petersen, Jesper P ^a,e   Kaltoft, Margit S ^b   Misfeldt, Jens C ^c   Schumacher, Helga ^c   Schønheyder, Henrik C ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Outbreak; Perianal group A streptococcal infection; T type 28

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN V;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 0037328577     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000048907.22286.b5     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Amren DP, Anderson AS, Wannamaker LW. Perianal cellulitis associated with group A streptococci. Am J Dis Child 1966;112:546-52.
2. Kokx NP, Comstock JA, Facklam RR. Streptococcal perianal disease in children. Pediatrics 1987;80:659-63.
3. Mogielnicki NP, Schwartzman JD, Elliot JA. Perianal group A streptococcal disease in a pediatric practice. Pediatrics 2000;106:276-80.
4. Spear RM, Rothbaum RJ, Keating JP, Blaufuss MC, Rosenblum JL. Perianal streptococcal cellulitis. J Pediatr 1985;107:557-9.
5. Orden B, Manjavas CG, Mombiela T, Martinez R, Franco A. Streptococcal perianal disease in two healthy adult women. Clin Microbiol Infect 1996;2:142-3.
6. Barzilai A, Herman-Avner C. Isolation of group A streptococci from children with perianal cellulitis and from their siblings. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1998;17:358-60.
7. Brilliant LC. Perianal streptococcal dermatitis. Am Fam Physician 2000;61:391-3.
8. Farmer G. Perianal infection with group A Streptococcus. Arch Dis Child 1987;62:1169-70.
9. Wright JE, Butt HL. Perianal infection with beta haemolytic Streptococcus. Arch Dis Child 1994;70:145-6.
10. Johnson DR, Kaplan EL, Sramek J, et al. Characterization of group A streptococci and determination of T-protein agglutination patterns. In: Laboratory diagnosis of group A streptococcal infections. Geneva: WHO, 1996:33.
11. Sa-Leao R, Tomasz A, Sanches IS, et al. Genetic diversity and clonal patterns among antibiotic-susceptible and -resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing children: day care centers as autonomous epidemiological units. J Clin Microbiol 2000;38:4137-44.
12. Tenover FC, Arbeit RD, Goering RV, et al. Interpreting chromosomal DNA restriction patterns produced by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis: criteria for bacterial strain typing. J Clin Microbiol 1995;33:2233.
13. Saxen H, Muotiala A, Rostila T, Vuopio-Varkila J. Outbreak of perianal Streptococcus pyogenes infection in a day-care center. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1997;16:247-9.
14. Hirschfeld AJ. Two family outbreaks of perianal cellulitis. Pediatrics 1970;46:799-802.
15. Asnes RS, Vail D, Grebin B, Sprunt K. Anal carrier rate of group A beta-hemolytic streptococci in children with streptococcal pharyngitis. Pediatrics 1973;52:438-41.
16. Roos K, Lind L, Holm SE, Grahn-Håkansson E. Perianal streptococcal dermatitis: the possible protective role of alpha-streptococci against spread and recurrence of group A streptococcal throat infection. Scand J Prim Health Care 1999;17:46-8.
17. Rehder AR, Eliezer ET, Lane AT. Perianal cellulitis: cutaneous group A streptococcal disease. Arch Dermatol 1988;124:702-4.
18. Tanz RR, Shulman ST, Sroka PA, Marubio S, Brook I, Yogev R. Lack of influence of beta-lactamase-producing flora on recovery of group A streptococci after treatment of acute pharyngitis. Pediatrics 1990;117:859-63.