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A Prospective Study of Nonsuppurative Complications of Streptococcal Pharyngitis

Mesut Yilmaz, Mehmet Gündüz, Ferhat Arslan, Abdülkadir Yıldız, Nigar Büşra Gümrükçüoğlu, Zehra Aras, Ece Kaya, Ceren Gülnihar, Arzu Dobral, Ali Mert.


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Objective: Group A Streptococci (GAS) is the most important bacterial cause of pharyngitis because antibiotic therapy can be prescribed and failure to treat it is associated with suppurative and nonsuppurative complications. Nonsup¬purative complications occur after a latency period of a few weeks and include acute rheumatic fever, scarlet fever, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, acute glomerulonephritis, and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with group A streptococci. The aim of this study is to investigate the frequency of nonsuppurative complica¬tions in properly treated children with GAS pharyngitis.
Methods: We investigated the frequency of nonsuppurative complications in 1030 proven GAS pharyngitis patients between 5 and 15 years old who were properly treated by a prospective observational study. All patients diagnosed with GAS pharyngitis were followed prospectively using a standard form for six months by monthly phone calls.
Results: All the isolates recovered from the patients were susceptible to penicillin. Twentyseven (2.6%) patients devel¬oped scarlet fever and none of the other nonsuppurative complications developed in our patient cohort.
Conclusions: Penicillin remains the drug of choice for treatment of GAS pharyngitis. Rate of nonsuppurative complica¬tions of GAS pharyngitis has decreased significantly in the antibiotic era. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2016;6(1): 8-11. doi: 10.5799/ahinjs.02.2016.01.0206


 
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Yilmaz M, Gunduz M, Arslan F, Yıldız A, Gumrukcuoğlu NB, Aras Z, Kaya E, Gulnihar C, Dobral A, Mert A. A Prospective Study of Nonsuppurative Complications of Streptococcal Pharyngitis. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016; 6(1): 8-11 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0206

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Yilmaz M, Gunduz M, Arslan F, Yıldız A, Gumrukcuoğlu NB, Aras Z, Kaya E, Gulnihar C, Dobral A, Mert A. A Prospective Study of Nonsuppurative Complications of Streptococcal Pharyngitis. https://www.jmidonline.org/?mno=302657088 [Access: January 09, 2025]. doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0206

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Yilmaz M, Gunduz M, Arslan F, Yıldız A, Gumrukcuoğlu NB, Aras Z, Kaya E, Gulnihar C, Dobral A, Mert A. A Prospective Study of Nonsuppurative Complications of Streptococcal Pharyngitis. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016; 6(1): 8-11 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0206


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Yilmaz M, Gunduz M, Arslan F, Yıldız A, Gumrukcuoğlu NB, Aras Z, Kaya E, Gulnihar C, Dobral A, Mert A. A Prospective Study of Nonsuppurative Complications of Streptococcal Pharyngitis. J Microbiol Infect Dis. (2016), [cited January 09, 2025]; 6(1): 8-11 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0206


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Yilmaz, M., Gunduz, . M., Arslan, . F., Yıldız, . A., Gumrukcuoğlu, . N. B., Aras, . Z., Kaya, . E., Gulnihar, . C., Dobral, . A. & Mert, . A. (2016) A Prospective Study of Nonsuppurative Complications of Streptococcal Pharyngitis. J Microbiol Infect Dis, 6 (1), 8-11 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0206


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Yilmaz, Mesut, Mehmet Gunduz, Ferhat Arslan, Abdulkadir Yıldız, Nigar Buşra Gumrukcuoğlu, Zehra Aras, Ece Kaya, Ceren Gulnihar, Arzu Dobral, and Ali Mert. 2016. A Prospective Study of Nonsuppurative Complications of Streptococcal Pharyngitis. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 6 (1), 8-11 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0206


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Yilmaz, Mesut, Mehmet Gunduz, Ferhat Arslan, Abdulkadir Yıldız, Nigar Buşra Gumrukcuoğlu, Zehra Aras, Ece Kaya, Ceren Gulnihar, Arzu Dobral, and Ali Mert. "A Prospective Study of Nonsuppurative Complications of Streptococcal Pharyngitis." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 6 (2016), 8-11 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0206


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Yilmaz, Mesut, Mehmet Gunduz, Ferhat Arslan, Abdulkadir Yıldız, Nigar Buşra Gumrukcuoğlu, Zehra Aras, Ece Kaya, Ceren Gulnihar, Arzu Dobral, and Ali Mert. "A Prospective Study of Nonsuppurative Complications of Streptococcal Pharyngitis." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 6.1 (2016), 8-11 . Print. doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0206


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Yilmaz, M., Gunduz, . M., Arslan, . F., Yıldız, . A., Gumrukcuoğlu, . N. B., Aras, . Z., Kaya, . E., Gulnihar, . C., Dobral, . A. & Mert, . A. (2016) A Prospective Study of Nonsuppurative Complications of Streptococcal Pharyngitis. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 6 (1), 8-11 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0206


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