PEDIATRICS Vol. 52 No. 3 September 1973, pp. 438-441
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Anal Carrier Rate of Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococci in Children With Streptococcal Pharyngitis

Russell S. Asnes M.D.1, Dorothea Vail 1, Burton Grebin M.D.1, and Katherine Sprunt M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Babies Hospital, Childrens Medical and Surgical Center of New York, New York, New York

A study was carried out to determine the frequency of anal cultures positive for group A beta-hemolytic streptococci in children with acute pharyngitis whose throat cultures were positive for group A beta-hemolytic streptococci. Only 6% of the patients screened had positive anal cultures and none of these children had a history of recurrent streptococcal pharyngitis. This rate does not warrant routinely obtaining anal cultures from children with group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis.




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