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Upper Respiratory Tract Spread of Group B Streptococci Type I b in a Kindergarten
- Source :
- Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases; June 1979, Vol. 11 Issue: 2 p129-133, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 1979
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Abstract
- AbstractIn a kindergarten with 42 children and 17 female staff members, an epidemic of group B streptococcal carriage in the upper respiratory tract occurred. In the middle of February 1978, 6 children and 5 adults carried type I b streptococci in the throat while only 2 of these 11 were carriers 2 weeks later. Only one other streptococcus, belonging to type II, was found in the throat specimens. Five strains other than type I b were found in the urogenital tract of the staff. Three type I b throat carriers were also urogenital carriers of this type. The spread of type I b streptococci could have resulted from co-spreading with other upper respiratory tract pathogens found, including group A streptococci of type 12, Haemophilus influenzae, Branhamella catarrhalis and pneumococci. Estimation of antibodies with radiolabelled protein A indicated an immune response to type I b, but not to types I a, II or III group B streptococci in the staff compared with healthy blood donors.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00365548 and 16511980
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs34590000
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/inf.1979.11.issue-2.06