Increased prevalence of group A β-hemolytic streptococcus among an ethnic population in Kyrgyzstan detected by the rapid antigen detection test

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 869-874

  Omurzakova, Nazgul A ^a,g   Yamano, Yoshihisa ^a   Sato, Tomoo ^a   Izumi, Toshihiko ^a   Azakami, Kazuko ^a   Hasegawa, Daisuke ^a   Fujii, Ryoji ^a   Yagishita, Naoko ^a   Aratani, Satoko ^a   Kabaeva, Zuhra S ^g   Mirrakhimov, Mirsaid M ^g   Kami, Masahiro ^d   Maruyama, Ikuro ^e   Osame, Mitsuhiro ^e   Yokota, Shunpei ^f   Nishioka, Kusuki ^a   Nakajima, Toshihiro ^a,b,c  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Misato Marine Hospital   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g National Center of Cardiology and Internal Medicine   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

Carrier; Group A hemolytic streptococcus; Rapid antigen detection test; Rheumatic fever; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

YOGHURT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FEMALE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KYRGYZSTAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 67749099261     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr-00000043     Document Type: Article

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