Keywords
carrier state
pharynx
child
preschool
drug resistance
microbial
risk factors
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Abstract
To determine the frequency of carrying pharyngeal of Streptococcus pyogenes and their sensitivity profiles in schoolchildren from Cartagena. Analytical cross-sectional study, the sample was composed by 131 children. Strains of Streptococcus pyogenes were identified using conventional methods. Antibiotic sensitivity was determined the Kirby-Bauer methods. A questionnaire was applied in order to identify risk factors associated.19,8% of children were carriers of bacterium. 26 isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes were obtained. To evaluate the sensitivity were found strains sensible to ceftriaxone and erytrhomycin (84,6% each one). 23,1% (6/26) 0f isolates were resistant to ampicillin. It not was found association between carrying pharyngeal of Streptococcus pyogenes and risk factors (p>0,05). It were found resistant strains to antibiotics considered of first election for therapy of infectious diseases produced by this bacterium.References
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