title: Arcanobacterium haemolyticum in children with presumed streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis or scarlet fever.
abstract: Arcanobacterium haemolyticum was cultured from pharyngeal specimens obtained from 12 of 129 children with pharyngotonsillitis, some of whom had a scarlatiniform rash. This organism should be considered to be a cause of infections that are clinically similar to those caused by beta-hemolytic streptococci.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Pediatrics, A. P. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karpathios
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Drakonaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zervoudaki
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coupari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fretzayas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kremastinos
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thomaidis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012541:Scarlet Fever / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000382:microbiology*