title: Clinicomicrobiological profile of children with acute pharyngitis with special reference to streptococcol grouping.
abstract: A total of 100 patients of acute pharyngitis were evaluated clinically and investigated microbiologically. Eighty patients proved culture positive acute pharyngitis, among them 17 patients proved positive for beta-haemolytic streptococci, 14 patients for Staphylococcus aureus, 24 for pneumococci, 13 patients for Streptococcus viridans, 3 for Brahmanella catarrhalis, 4 for coagulase negative staphylococci, 5 had mixed infection. Further streptococcal grouping was carried out on these isolates. Out of 17 isolates of beta-haemolytic streptococci 13 (76.47%) belonged to group A and 2 each (11.76%) belonged to group C and group G.
authors.affiliation: Shrinivas Children Hospital, Bijapur 586103.
authors.forename: Harsha B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: Praveen R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Shahapur
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D034363:Viridans Streptococci