PEDIATRICS Vol. 64 No. 1 July 1979, pp. 65-67
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Group B Streptococcal Colonization in Prepubertal Children

Molly Maurer MS1, M. C. Thirumoorthi MB, BS1, and Adnan S. Dajani MD1

1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Michigan and Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit

Colonization of prepubertal boys and girls with group B streptococci was studied prospectively for one year. Throat, anal canal, and vaginal cultures were obtained from 415 children not receiving antimicrobics. The over-all colonization rate at any site was 11.3% and did not vary with age, sex, or season. Streptococci were recovered most commonly from the anal canal. Throat colonization was comparable in boys and girls. A total of 71 sites were positive for the organism in the 47 colonized children. Serotype Ia was the most common (41% of isolates). Types II and III accounted for 24% and 20%, respectively. Colonization at more than one site occurred in 20 children and in two of these children, different serotypes were recovered from different sites.

Submitted on October 9, 1978
Accepted on November 9, 1978




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