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[Mouth colonization by Streptococcus pyogenes in patients with impetigo]
M C Ronconi1, L A Merino, O Miranda
1Instituto de Medicina Regional, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Argentina. mronconi@bib.unne.edu.ar
Revista Cubana De Medicina Tropical
|July 11, 2000
Abstract:
The faucial carrying of Streptococcus pyogenes in patients presenting impetigo was determined as a risk factor for non-suppurative complications (acute glomerulonephritis). The fauces cultures of these patients revealed a S. pyogenes colonization of 65% and all the isolates were penicillin-sensitive. It was concluded that the high percent of faucial colonization made a systemic antimicrobial treatment necessary.