%0 Journal Article
%T Infecci¨®n y colonizaci¨®n far¨ªngea asintom¨¢tica de ni£¿os por Streptococcus pyogenes
%A Restrepo Lozada
%A Mary Alejandra
%A M¨²nera Jaramillo
%A Mar¨ªa Isabel
%A Ram¨ªrez Puerta
%A Blanca Susana
%A Acu£¿a Ramos
%A Clara Patricia
%J Iatreia
%D 2012
%I Universidad de Antioquia
%X objective: to establish the frecuency of streptococcus pyogenes infection or asymptomatic carriage in a group of children, by means of a rapid antigendetection test. methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out in a non-probabilistic sample of 144 children aged between 3 and 13 years, in two educational institutions in bogot¨¢ and medellin. a single throat specimen was obtained from each child to carry out the rapid test; demographic data and information on pertinent symptoms and signs were obtained by means of a survey. mean and standard deviation and percentages were calculated according to the nature of the variables. results: average age was 5.5 ¡À 2.8 years, with even distribution by gender. twenty one children (14,6%) were positive for s. pyogenes; out of them, 10 had possible infection and 11 were asymptomatic throat carriers. forty five children (31.3%) reported pharyngeal symptoms and 10 (22.2%) out of them were positive in the rapid test. ninety nine children (68.7%) were asymptomatic and of them 11 (11.1%) were also positive. discussion: management protocols for s. pyogenes infection would benefit from the detection based on rapid tests.
%K diagnosis
%K laboratory test
%K public health
%K streptococcus pyogenes
%K streptococcal infections
%K tonsillitis.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0121-07932012000300003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en