1. [Pharyngitis produced by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum].
- Author
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Dorobăţ O, Erşcoiu S, and Burtea M
- Subjects
- Actinomycetaceae drug effects, Actinomycetaceae isolation & purification, Actinomycetales Infections diagnosis, Actinomycetales Infections microbiology, Adolescent, Adult, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Pharyngitis diagnosis, Pharyngitis microbiology, Scarlet Fever diagnosis, Scarlet Fever microbiology, Streptococcal Infections diagnosis, Streptococcal Infections microbiology, Streptococcus pyogenes drug effects, Streptococcus pyogenes isolation & purification, Actinomycetales Infections complications, Pharyngitis etiology
- Abstract
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum (A.h.) was recovered from 0.43% of throat cultures of 3715 patients with sore throat, scarlatina and various skin rash. In a 57.90% patients A.h. was the only bacterial pathogen isolated, while in the remainder beta-haemolytic streptococci, Haemophilus and S. aureus were also detected. beta-haemolytic streptococci were much more frequent than A.h. in the throat cultures (26.83%). All A.h. strains were of the smooth type based on colony morphology and the ability to ferment sucrose. The strains were susceptible to penicillins, cephalosporins, erytromycin and resistant to trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole. Pharyngeal injection in 89.47% and exanthem in 78.90% were the most common signs present to the patients. more...
- Published
- 1996