Group C beta-hemolytic streptococci causing pharyngitis and scarlet fever

After a young woman had scarlet fever associated with group C beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis, we reviewed all cases of pharyngitis treated at a student health clinic during that semester. From 541 cases of pharyngitis, 34 cultures yielded group C Streptococcus. The patients who harbored gr...

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Published inSouthern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Vol. 82; no. 9; p. 1119
Main Authors Corson, A P, Garagusi, V F, Chretien, J H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.09.1989
Subjects
Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Pharyngitis - diagnosis
Pharyngitis - drug therapy
Pharyngitis - etiology
Retrospective Studies
Scarlet Fever - diagnosis
Scarlet Fever - drug therapy
Scarlet Fever - etiology
Seasons
Severity of Illness Index
Streptococcal Infections - drug therapy
Streptococcus - classification
Streptococcus - isolation & purification
Time Factors
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Summary:After a young woman had scarlet fever associated with group C beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis, we reviewed all cases of pharyngitis treated at a student health clinic during that semester. From 541 cases of pharyngitis, 34 cultures yielded group C Streptococcus. The patients who harbored group C organisms were similar to the patients with group A streptococcal pharyngitis in the presence of fever, exudate, and cervical adenopathy. The severity of symptoms and the demonstration of scarlet fever developing from infection with this organism supports antibiotic treatment of patients with group C streptococcal pharyngitis.
ISSN:0038-4348
DOI:10.1097/00007611-198909000-00015