Group A beta hemolytic streptococci and rheumatic fever in Miami, Florida. III. Bacteriologic observations on beta hemolytic streptococci other than group A.

Group A beta hemolytic streptococci and rheumatic fever in Miami, Florida. I. Bacteriologic observations from October 1954 through May 1955.

Epidemiology of group-A beta-hemolytic streptococci as related to acute rheumatic fever in Miami, Florida. A six-year study.

EPISODES of acute rheumatic fever are believed to be triggered by infections with group-A /3-hemolytic streptococei, 10 to 35 days prior to the rheumatic complication. However, both rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are infrequent in Miami, Florida.1' 2 If the incidence rate of rheumatic disease depends on the frequeney of group A streptococei, the low rheumatic rate in Miamni should ...

Low rates of streptococcal pharyngitis and high rates of pyoderma in Australian aboriginal communities where acute rheumatic fever is hyperendemic.

BACKGROUND Acute rheumatic fever is a major cause of heart disease in Aboriginal Australians. The epidemiology differs from that observed in regions with temperate climates; streptococcal pharyngitis is reportedly rare, and pyoderma is highly prevalent. A link between pyoderma and acute rheumatic fever has been proposed but is yet to be proven. Group C beta-hemolytic streptococci and group G be...

Studies upon Minute Hemolytic Streptococci

1. Minute beta hemolytic streptococci were found to occur from one-third to one-half as frequently in normal individuals as do ordinary beta hemolytic streptococci. 2. They were rarely isolated from the rhinopharynges of individuals suffering from chronic disease. 3. In acute respiratory tract infection other than that due to the ordinary beta hemolytic streptococcus the incidence of minute str...

The prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of beta-hemolytic streptococci colonizing the throats of schoolchildren in Assam, India.

INTRODUCTION Studies on the carriage rate of beta-hemolytic streptococci among children form an important component of public health practice to prevent disease complications such as rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease, nephritis, and other local or systemic infections. METHODOLOGY Throat swabs collected from asymptomatic schoolchildren were inoculated into appropriate media for isolation...