Family Medicine & Medical Science Research
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Carlos Parra Mendez

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• Research Article
  Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Beta Haemolytic Streptococci Isolated from Paediatric Patients with Pharyngoamigdalitis
  Author(s): Roberto Rivera Sánchez, Rocío Flores Paz, Carlos Parra Mendez and Myriam Arriaga Alba Roberto Rivera Sánchez, Rocío Flores Paz, Carlos Parra Mendez and Myriam Arriaga Alba
  
  Introduction: The beta hemolytic Streptococci (SBH), particularly the group A (pyogenes) is the leading bacterial cause of sore throat that occurs primarily in the paediatric population. Objective: To evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility of beta hemolytic Streptococcus from paediatric patients with pharyngitis, and infer the type of macrolide resistance mechanism. Material and methods: A total of 335 beta-hemolytic Streptococcus species (304 in group A, 26 G, 4 and 1, Groups C and F respectively) from paediatric patients (age range of 0 -14 years) were determined in sore throat antimicrobial susceptibility to penicillin, ceftriaxone, erythromycin, and clindamycin, by the agar diffusion method. The phenotypes of macrolide resistance were characterized by the double diffusion test disk. Results.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2327-4972.1000151

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