The prevalence of group A streptococcal throat carriage in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

被引：12

作者：

Dawson, KP

Ameen, AS

Nsanze, H

BinOthman, S

Mustafa, N

机构：

[1] Department of Paediatrics, Fac. of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain

[2] Department of Microbiology, Fac. of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain

[3] School Health Service, Al Ain

[4] Department of Paediatrics, Fac. of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain

来源：

ANNALS OF TROPICAL PAEDIATRICS | 1996年 / 16卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1080/02724936.1996.11747814

中图分类号：

R72 [儿科学];

学科分类号：

100202 ;

摘要：

The aim of this study was to establish the carrier rate of group A beta haemolytic streptococci in school children in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. One thousand and two randomly selected school children aged 5-7 years had their throats swabbed twice for both culture and direct antigen detection of group A streptococci. One hundred and fourteen children (11.3%) had both a positive antigen and culture test, while 216 (21.6%) had antigen-positive tests only and 16 (1.5%) had a positive culture only. Thus, the combination of culture and antigen detection revealed a carrier rate of 35.4% in the children examined. We conclude that in an affluent but isolated desert area on the Tropic of Cancer, group A streptococcal carriage rate is high. Antigen detection is superior to culture techniques in asymptomatic carrier studies.

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页码：123 / 127

页数：5

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