Group a streptococci among school-aged children: Clinical characteristics and the carrier state

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1212-1219

  Martin, Judith M ^a   Green, Michael ^a   Barbadora, Karen A ^a   Wald, Ellen R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrier; Epidemiology; Group A streptococcus; Pharyngitis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN V;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHARYNGITIS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; RECURRENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 16644399104     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0133     Document Type: Article

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