Throat culture positivity rate and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of beta-hemolytic streptococci in children on secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease

BACKGROUND: Among children diagnosed to have chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease (RHD) in Ethiopia, many have been observed to develop recurrence of rheumatic fever (RF) despite secondary prophylaxis. This study determined the throat culture positivity rate and drug susceptibility pattern of be...

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Autores principales: Zegeye, Nigus, Asrat, Daniel, Woldeamanuel, Yimtubezinash, Habte, Abebe, Gedlu, Etsegenet, Tønjum, Tone, Aseffa, Abraham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5035452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27663649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1841-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5035452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27663649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1841-3

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