title: Occurrence of group C Streptococci in children in a South Indian village.
abstract: Throat swabs were collected from 310 children aged 5-14 years attending a rural health camp at Orathur near Chennai. Group C Streptococci were isolated from 13/310 (4.19%) cases. Seven out of 13 patients had symptoms of respiratory tract infection. Biochemical characterization of the isolates was done by hemolytic characteristics, Voges-Proskauer test, fermentation of trehalose and sorbitol and hydrolysis of 4-methylumbelliferyl-D-â-glucuronide. Four out of 13 strains were identified as S. equisimilis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Dr. ALM PGIBMS, University of Madras, Taramani, Chennai. thangam16@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Thangam
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shanmugasundaram
authors.forename: M Palani
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: C P Girish
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D012424:Rural Population; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification