Inverse association between Lancefield group G Streptococcus colonization and sore throat in slum and nonslum settings in Brazil.

University of California Berkeley. School of Public Health. Berkeley, California
University of California Berkeley. School of Public Health. Berkeley, California
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Universidade Federal da Bahia. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine. Department of Pediatrics. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Hospital São Rafael-Monte Tabor. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
University of California Berkeley. School of Public Health. Berkeley, California

Abstract

Group G Streptococcus has been implicated as a causative agent of pharyngitis in outbreak situations, but its role in endemic disease remains elusive. We found an unexpected inverse association of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis colonization and sore throat in a study of 2,194 children of 3 to 15 years of age in Salvador, Brazil.

DeCS

Portador Sadio/epidemiologia
Faringite/epidemiologia
Infecções Estreptocócicas/epidemiologia
Streptococcus/classificação
Streptococcus/isolamento & purificação
Adolescente
Brasil/epidemiologia
Portador Sadio/microbiologia
Criança
Pré-Escolar
Feminino
Humanos
Masculino
Faringite/microbiologia
Áreas de Pobreza
Prevalência
Infecções Estreptocócicas/microbiologia

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Citation

TARTOF S. Y. et al. Inverse association between Lancefield group G Streptococcus colonization and sore throat in slum and nonslum settings in Brazil. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, v. 49, n. 1, p. 409-412, 2011.

ISSN

1098-660X
10.1128/JCM.02095-10

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/7505

Type

Copyright

Open access

Collections

Share

Statistics

Metadata

Author

Affilliation