Prevalence of Group A beta-haemolytic Streptococcus isolated from children with acute pharyngotonsillitis in Aden, Yemen

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 431-439

  Ba Saddik, I A ^a   Munibari, A A ^b   Alhilali, A M ^a   Ismail, S M ^a   Murshed, F M ^c   Coulter, J B S ^d,e   Cuevas, L E ^d   Hart, C A ^f   Brabin, B J ^d   Parry, C M ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADEN   (Yemen)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c Hospital Laboratories Aden Refinery   (Yemen)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute pharyngotonsillitis; Acute rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease; emm types; Group A beta haemolytic streptococcus; McIsaac score; Rapid GAS antigen detection test

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; PATHOGEN; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ACUTE PHARYNGOTONSILLITIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCISAAC SCORE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT CARE; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RAPID GAS ANTIGEN DETECTION TEST; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS; YEMEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADAN; YEMEN;

STREPTOCOCCUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; YEMEN;

EID: 84897379702     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12264     Document Type: Article

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