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Prechewing of food by adults and streptococcal pharyngitis in infants
J S Steinkuller1, K Chan, S E Rinehouse
1Department of Pediatrics, Family Medicine and Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|April 1, 1992
Abstract:
Three infants with group A streptococcal pharyngitis were found to have eaten food prechewed by their parents. One parent had a history of recent pharyngitis and another had frequent episodes of tonsillitis. Prechewing of babies' food, which may be more common in the United States than is generally recognized, may be a mode of transmission of group A streptococcal pharyngitis to infants.