ABSTRACT
A preliminary study was conducted to identify the carriers of beta hemolytic streptococci (BHS) among school children. BHS were identified, grouped by latex agglutination test and tested for susceptibility to penicillin, erythromycin and cefazolin from their throat swabs. Prevalence of BHS was found to be 21.6% with group G (43.2%) as the predominant group followed by group A (28.8%). All the isolates were sensitive to the antibiotics tested. Health cards were issued to the carriers of group A beta hemolytic streptococci.
Subject(s)
Adolescent , Carrier State/epidemiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , India/epidemiology , Male , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Pharynx/microbiology , Prevalence , Streptococcal Infections/epidemiology , Streptococcus agalactiaeABSTRACT
Detection of carriers of Beta hemolytic streptococci and serogrouping of the strains isolated from throat of School Children helps in the epidemiological serosurveillance of the disease. With this in view the carriers among otherwise healthy school children in and around Buria, a small town in western Orissa, have been detected and the Streptococci isolated are grouped and typed.
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Adolescent , Carrier State/epidemiology , Child , Female , Humans , India/epidemiology , Male , Serotyping , Streptococcal Infections/epidemiology , Streptococcus/classificationABSTRACT
The idea of hepatitis-cirrhosis-hepatocellular carcinoma sequence in liver was proposed by the workers in tropical Africa, the homeland of hepatocellular carcinoma. The discovery of Australia antigen by Blumberg et al provided the missing link and it was observed by several workers as well as the present group that Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBSAg) and that to Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is someway related with the incidence of chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).