title: [Pharyngitis produced by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum].
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.
authors.affiliation: Spitalul Clinic de Boli Infecţioase şi Tropicale Dr. Victor Babeş, Bucureşti.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dorobăţ
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erşcoiu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burtea
mesh_terms: D000191:Actinomycetaceae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012541:Scarlet Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents