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Salud pública Méx ; 44(5): 437-441, sept.-oct. 2002.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-331695

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the in vitro activities of 13 antimicrobial agents against 47 group A Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS) strains, and to determine the presence of genes encoding streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (SpeA) and the M-protein serotypes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Centro de Salud Dr. JosÚ Castro Villagrana, during a scarlet fever outbreak occurring between December 1999 and January 2000, among 137 children at Colegio EspÝritu de AmÚrica. Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MICs) were obtained by the semiautomated microdilution method. Automated DNA sequencing was used for analysis of sequence variation in genes encoding the M protein, and SpeA. RESULTS: All strains were sensitive to betalactams and clindamycin. Six (12.7) were resistant to erythromycin. The M2 type was the most frequently isolated GAS (27); almost all (96) bacteria with the SpeA gene had the gene encoding the M2 protein. CONCLUSIONS: The recent resurgence of GAS infections calls for molecular epidemiology research and studies on the sensitivity to macrolides and beta-lactams.


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Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Scarlet Fever , Streptococcus pyogenes , Drug Resistance , Disease Outbreaks , Pharynx , Scarlet Fever , Schools , Streptococcus pyogenes , DNA, Bacterial , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Serotyping , Contact Tracing , Exotoxins , Mexico , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
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Rev. Fac. Med. UNAM ; 31(1): 11-5, ene.-mar. 1988. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-95251

ABSTRACT

La fiebre reumática es una enfermedad de la infancia y de la adolescencia, alcanza su mayor frecuencia entre los cuatro y los nueve años de edad; su incidencia es muy alta en la segunda década de la vida y declina rápidamente a partir de los 20 años. El objetivo del presente estudio fué determinar la presencia de Streptococcus pyogenes en niños de dos guarderías de diferente nivel socio-económico y establecer un programa de vigilancia en ambas. Para ello, se procesaron 42 cultivos de exudado faríngeo de la guardería del Centro de Estudios de Atención Primaria de la Salud y 39 de la guardería CENDI, Coyoacán. Obteniéndose un 14% de positividad en la primera por un 11% de la segunda. Estos resultados son discutivos en el presente trabajo. Finalmente al implantar este to de programas se le debe dar un énfasis especial a los portadores ya que son la fuente de infección a otras personas.


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Humans , Infant , Child, Preschool , Child , Male , Female , Rheumatic Fever , Socioeconomic Factors , Streptococcus pyogenes/cytology , Streptococcus pyogenes/drug effects , Streptococcus pyogenes/pathogenicity , Surveys and Questionnaires
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