Occurrence of group C Streptococci in children in a South Indian village.
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2003-07-18
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
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.
Description
Keywords
Citation
Menon T, Shanmugasundaram S, Kumar MP, Kumar CP. Occurrence of group C Streptococci in children in a South Indian village. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2003 Jul; 46(3): 528-9