title: Perianal infection with group A streptococcus.
abstract: Anal fissure in childhood usually heals quickly after treatment with stool softeners and a local anaesthetic ointment; infection does not usually occur. Two cases are reported in which Lancefield group A beta haemolytic streptococci were isolated from cultures from the perianal skin, which was erythematous and excoriated.
authors.affiliation: West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Farmer
mesh_terms: D001004:Anus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005401:Fissure in Ano / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes