Title: T types of group A streptococcus isolates in Chennai City, India
Abstract: A total of 72 strains of group A streptococci of which 53 were throat or skin isolates from school children and 19 were isolates from hospitalized patients with respiratory tract infections, wound infections or sepsis, were T typed by slide agglutination tests using polyvalent and monovalent antisera (CDC Atlanta). Thirty-three of the 53 school children were asymptomatic whereas the remaining 20 presented with symptoms of pharyngotonsillitis or pyoderma. 8/14/25/Imp19 was the most common T type seen in asymptomatic children. Clustering of distinct T agglutination patterns was seen in school children of the same class. A variety of T types were isolated from hospitalized patients, which included 3/13/B3264, T 28, T 12, T 14 and T 6. 31% of the strains were T non-typable.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
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