Acta Medica Medianae
Vol. 41
No 1, 2002
UDK 61
YU ISSN 0365-4478
Kontakt:
Nataša Miladinovic Tasić,
Institute for Health Protection, Niš
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COLONIZATION OF THE UPPER
RESPIRATORY WAYS BY THE BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS OF THE GROUP A IN
CHILDREN
Nataša MILADINOVIĆ-TASIĆ, Suzana TASIĆ, Marica
OTAŠEVIĆ, Gordana TASIĆ, Aleksandar TASIĆ and Slavica IVIĆ
Institute for Health Protection,
Niš
Beta hemolytic streptococci (BHS) of the group A are the most frequent
causes of the streptococcus tonsillopharyngitis with the greatest
frequency among the children of younger school age. With respect to its
clinic importance, there are many unsettled issues regarding a small
number of the isolated colonies BHS of the group A in the prime culture.
By analyzing the percentage of the BHS of the group A presence in the
prime culture of the upper respiratory ways' smears (GRP) we have tried
to stress the importance of following the bacteriological finding along
with the other clinic and epidemiological parameters. The GRP smears are
treated by the standard bacteriological method, before and after the
therapy. The percentage is determined by the semi-quantitative
procedure. After the therapy, the absence of the BHS isolate of the
group A in the "pure" culture points to the emergence of persistent
infections and a greater number of germ carriers; even 20 children have
still been colonized by the streptococcus of the group A. The research
results impose the necessity of exploring the bacteriological findings
of the GRP from more aspects.
Key words: Beta hemolytic, streptococcus of the group A,
colonization, smear |