title: [Improvement of rapid laboratory methods for the diagnosis of streptococcal infections].
abstract: In 1975, clinical and epidemiological investigations were carried out on streptococcal infections, affecting 261 persons in a children's community. Rapid laboratory tests were used, employing commercial sodium amyl polyethylen microtablets. Of the total persons investigated 24.5% (64) presented primary streptococcal infections and 0.3% (1) complications. Environmental complications was 5% greater in the communities with scarlet fever foci than in the intact communities. The absence of late manifestations in the 1--4 year-old children attests to the effectiveness of the preventive measures taken.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000209:etiology; D012541:Scarlet Fever / Q000175:diagnosis; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Imbunătăţirea metodelor rapide de laborator în diagnosticul infecţiilor streptococice