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Journal of clinical microbiology
Nov, 2003;41 (11): 5285-7.

Prevalence of group A streptococcal carriers in asymptomatic children and clonal relatedness among isolates in Malatya, Turkey.

Riza Durmaz, Bengul Durmaz, Mehmet Bayraktar, Ibrahim Halil Ozerol, Mahmut Tayyar Kalcioglu, Elif Aktas, Zeynep Cizmeci
Author Information
  1. Riza Durmaz: Molecular Microbiology Section, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Inonu University, 44069 Malatya, Turkey. rdurmaz@inonu.edu.tr
PMID: 14605185 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5285-5287.2003

Abstract

In our study, the prevalence of nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pyogenes was 130 (14.3%) of 909 healthy children. Isolates were found to be susceptible to all antibiotics tested. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and arbitrarily primed PCR revealed that 34 (32.4%) of the 105 isolates and 41 (40.6%) of the 101 isolates typed, respectively, were clonally indistinguishable.

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MeSH Term

Carrier State
Child
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Nasopharynx
Orphanages
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Prevalence
Schools
Streptococcal Infections
Streptococcus pyogenes
Turkey
Journal Article

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