Streptococcus spp. RECURRENT ACUTE PHARYNGO-TONSILLITIS: FREQUENCY AND THE ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PROFILE

Authors

  • Carla Afonso da Silva Bitencourt Braga Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia, Parasitologia e Patologia, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Brasil.
  • Marcos Túlio Silva UFG
  • Débora Fontoura Rodrigues Mestranda em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Faculdade de Farmácia, UFG, Brasil.
  • Leandro Azevedo de Camargo Hospital das Clínicas, UFG, Brasil.
  • Edson Júnior de Melo Fernandes Hospital das Clínicas, UFG, Brasil.
  • Fabiano Santana Moura Hospital das Clínicas, UFG, Brasil.
  • Maria Cláudia Dantas Porfírio Borges André Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia, Parasitologia e Patologia, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v44i2.36639

Keywords:

Streptococcus, tonsils, antibiotics.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and the antimicrobial susceptibility profileof Streptococcus spp. obtained from recurrent acute pharyngo-tonsillitis. For this study, tonsilsfrom 122 patients ranging from 3 to 38 years old (66 males and 56 females) were collected. Allpatients had a history of recurrent acute pharyngo-tonsillitis associated with tonsillar hypertrophyand were submitted for tonsillectomy at a teaching hospital. After isolation and identification,antimicrobial susceptibility tests were performed. A hundred and fifty one isolates of Streptococcusspp. were obtained from tonsils, consisting of 41.06% non-hemolytic Streptococcus viridans group,39.07% a-hemolytic Streptococcus viridans group, 7.30% Streptococcus of C, F or G groups, 5.30%?-hemolytic Streptococcus spp., 4.63% non-hemolytic Streptococcus spp., 1.32% a-hemolyticStreptococcus spp. and 1.32% group A ? hemolytic Streptococcus. Some of the isolates were resistantto beta-lactamic antibiotics. The study showed that components of the oropharynx microbiotapresented resistance to drugs commonly used to treat pharyngo-tonsillitis infections. Correctdiagnosis would improve treatment and could prevent recurrent infections.

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Published

2015-07-08

How to Cite

BRAGA, C. A. da S. B.; SILVA, M. T.; RODRIGUES, D. F.; DE CAMARGO, L. A.; FERNANDES, E. J. de M.; MOURA, F. S.; BORGES ANDRÉ, M. C. D. P. Streptococcus spp. RECURRENT ACUTE PHARYNGO-TONSILLITIS: FREQUENCY AND THE ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PROFILE. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 44, n. 2, p. 124–134, 2015. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v44i2.36639. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/36639. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 2 (2015)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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