this study was undertaken in order to ascertain the carrier rate of group a hemolytic streptococci in the throats of pupils in selected schools of tehran, and to evaluate the role of socio-economical factors on carrier state. during the period of six months, 7020 children and adolescents, aged 10 to 17, were studied. these pupils were visited at their schools and their socio-economical level wa...

The pharyngeal aspirates collected from 400 babies at the time of delivery were examined for the presence of bacteria, especially group B streptococci. Aspirates from 79 babies were found to contain viable bacteria, including 4 with group B streptococci; one of these 4 babies developed streptococcal meningitis within 24 hours. The group B streptococci were seen on a Gram-stained film of the asp...

Direct identification of group B streptococci from a selective broth medium was performed with the Phadebact streptococcus test to determine the feasibility of this technique for early detection of streptococcal colonization. Of 124 clinical isolates, 122 (98.4%) were correctly identified in less than 24 h from the selective broth medium, whereas standard cultures from blood agar plates identif...

The minimal inhibitory concentration of lincomycin and clindamycin for a large number of strains from multiple serogroups of streptococci was determined. The median minimal inhibitory concentration for streptococci from groups A, B, C, F, G, H, L, and M and nongroupable organisms ranged from 0.02 to 0.39 mug of lincomycin per ml and from </=0.01 to 0.09 mug of clindamycin per ml. Among the grou...

are really cases of streptococcal dermatitis with superficial staphylococcal infections. In each case a culture was taken on blood agar, glucose agar and ordinary agar slopes. During this period in about 200 cases cultures were made to isolate these streptococci, and 40 per cent, showed positive streptococci. The reason for the failures is that the streptococci lie deep in the lymphatics and so...

1. Rabbits were rendered very hypersensitive by relatively small doses of green streptococci given intracutaneously, and somewhat less hypersensitive by similar doses of heat-killed vaccine prepared from hemolytic streptococci. 2. Animals receiving the same doses intravenously gave, upon subsequent testing, lesions slightly more marked than normal controls; but these lesions were qualitatively ...

The enzyme, Pronase B, was used to extract the C carbohydrates of betahemolytic streptococci for serological grouping. Reference strains of streptococci, groups A through N, were accurately grouped by using this extraction method. Of the beta-hemolytic streptococci isolated from patients' cultures, 1,197 were classified as either group A or not group A by this method. There was 100% correlation...

The objective of this study was to characterize the wastewater from BIAMBA Marie MUTOMBO hospital in terms physico-chemical and bacteriological parameters, set up a pilot UASB reactor treat water. Two methods were used conduct investigations: observation experimentation. Observations focused on management at its surroundings, point discharge into receiving environment. analysis revealed that so...