Zusammenfassung
Es wurden die Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung über das Vorkommen beta-hämolytischer Streptokokken bei 342 Bonner Schulkindern mitgeteilt. Die Gesamtzahl betrug für den Herbst-Winter-Zeitraum 1965/1966 20,46% bei 10,52% Gruppe A-Streptokokken. Die weitere Aufschlüsselung ergab für die Gruppe A-Rate einen Schwankungsbereich von 5,78–30%. Darüber hinaus wurden Befunde vorgelegt, welche darauf hinweisen, daß die meisten der isolierten Gruppe A-Streptokokkenstämme wahrscheinlich infektiös bzw. pathogen waren. Es wurde angeregt, ähnliche Untersuchungen in verschiedenen Teilen Westdeutschlands durchzuführen, um die Häufigkeit des Vorkommens und die Bedeutung von Gruppe A-Streptokokken bei Schulkindern zu ermitteln und somit einen zuverlässigen Maßstab für Kontrollmaßnahmen zu erhalten.
Summary
The results of a beta-hemolytic streptococcus study of Bonn school children have been presented. The overall rate for the fall-early winter period, 1965/66, was 20.46 per cent and the group A rate was 10.52 per cent. Upon further breakdown, the group A rate had a range of 5.78 per cent to 30 per cent. In addition, data are presented which indicate that most of the isolated group A strains were probably infectious or pathogenic. It was recommended that similar investigations should be made in various regions of West Germany in order to ascertain the incidence and importance of group A streptococci in school children and as a more reliable indicator of control measures.
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Wir danken Herrn Dr. R. M.Cole, National Institute of Allergy and Infections-Diseases (Direktor: Dr.Dorland J.Davis), NIH, Bethesda, Md./USA, für seine Hilfe bei der Typenbestimmung der Gruppe A-Streptokokken.
Mit dankenswerter Unterstützung der Fritz Thyssen-Stiftung.
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Smith, T.B., Heymer, B., Haferkamp, O. et al. Über die Verbreitung beta-hämolytischer Streptokokken im Mund-Rachenbereich bei Bonner Schulkindern. Z. med. Mikrobiol. u. Immunol. 152, 288–299 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02195595
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