Resistance of Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus (GAS),namely Streptococcus pyogenes,is one of the most im-portant human pathogen.GAS can cause skin and mucous membrane superficial infectious diseases,life -threatening invasive disease,toxin -mediated diseases and immune -related diseases.Antibiotic is an effective mean to control GAS infection.The β-lactam antibiotics remain the first -choice treatment for GAS infection and the macrolides are often recommended as a replacement therapy for β-lactam antibiotics allergic patients or a means to blocking GAS exotoxin product.But with the widespread use of macrolides autibiotics,macrolide -resistant GAS spread in the world. This paper will elaborate the situation of macrolide -resistant clones.

Diagnosis and treatment of group A β-hemolytic Streptococcal pharyngitis / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

Group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus(GAS) can cause a variety of infectious diseases,acute pharyngitis,and impetigo are the most.Non-suppurative complications can be followed after GAS infections,such as acute rheumatic fever,acute glomerulonephritis.GAS pharyngitis has no specific differences with other pathogens.Throat culture or rapid antigen detection test(RADT) should be done to determine whether GAS infections.Children with acute GAS pharyngitis should receive antibiotic therapy.Penicillin is the recommended antimicrobial agent.

Antimicrobial resistance of gram-positive pathogenic bacteria isolated from children's respiratory tract infection / 中国小儿急救医学

Objective To investigate antirnierobial resistance of comlnon pathogenic bacteria isolated from children's respiratory tract in Beijng friendship Hospital during the period between January 2004 and December 2006.Methods Forty-nine strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae,fifty-five strains of Staphylococcus aureus and fifteen strains of Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus were isolated from children with community-acquired respiratory tract infeetion in pediatric department of Beijng Friendship Hospital.Kirby-Bauer agar dilution method Was used to determine the susceptibility to antimicrobial agents.Results Ninety percent of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains were resistant to erythromycin.Penicillin-non-susceptible streptococcus pneumoniae accounted for 10%,while 90% of which were multi-drug resistant.For Staphylococcus aureu strains,the resistant rates of ampicillin,penicillin and oxacfllin were 86%,82%,and 9% respectively,and serere multi-drug resistance was found.Eighty percent of the group A β-hemolytic streptococcus strains were resistant to erythromycin,however all remained sensitive to penicillin and ampicillin.Conclusion The antimicrobials resistant pathogenic bacteria isolated from children with respiratory tract infection have become a severe prdblem.The resistant rates of macrolides are high for Streptococcus and Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus.MeticiUin resistant staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)strains were found in the study.Severe multi-drug resistance was found.Non β-lactam antibiotics should be avoided when respiratory tract bacterial infection occurred in children.