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• TITLE: Clinical Characteristics of Respiratory Tract-Associated Streptococcus pyogenes at General Japanese Hospital in 2014

  AUTHORS: Masaaki Minami, Ryoko Sakakibara, Taichi Imura, Mika Watanabe, Hideo Morita, Naoto Kanemaki, Michio Ohta

  KEYWORDS: Streptococcus pyogenes, Susceptibility, Antimicrobial Resistance, Epidemiology, Clarithromycin

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, Vol.3 No.12, December 18, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Streptococcus pyogenesis most popularpathogen caused respiratory tract infection disease. This study was conducted to find out the recent clinical characteristics of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from respiratory tract at Japanese hospital in 2014. Streptococcus pyogenes was identified by standard laboratory procedure. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by micro dilution assay according to CLSI recommendation. Respiratory tract isolates were defined as isolation from pharynx, nasal discharge, tonsillar, and sputum. Total one hundred sixty-one Streptococcus pyogenes were isolated among which 136 were from respiratory tract and 25 were from non- respiratory tract. Respiratory tract-associated Streptococcus pyogenes was isolated among which 102 were from male and 59 were from female. The age incidence among 0 - 1 years age group was 8, among 1 - 18 years age group, 131 (p