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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5285-5287, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5285-5287.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Prevalence of Group A Streptococcal Carriers in Asymptomatic Children and Clonal Relatedness among Isolates in Malatya, Turkey

Riza Durmaz,1,2* Bengul Durmaz,2 Mehmet Bayraktar,2 Ibrahim Halil Ozerol,2 Mahmut Tayyar Kalcioglu,3 Elif Aktas,2 and Zeynep Cizmeci2

Molecular Microbiology Section,1 Department of Clinical Microbiology,2 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinology, Inonu University, 44069 Malatya, Turkey3

Received 16 June 2003/ Returned for modification 30 July 2003/ Accepted 4 August 2003

In our study, the prevalence of nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pyogenes was 130 (14.3%) of 909 healthy children. Isolates were found to be susceptible to all antibiotics tested. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and arbitrarily primed PCR revealed that 34 (32.4%) of the 105 isolates and 41 (40.6%) of the 101 isolates typed, respectively, were clonally indistinguishable.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Inonu University, 44069 Malatya, Turkey. Phone: 90 422 3411016. Fax: 90 422 3410036. E-mail: rdurmaz{at}inonu.edu.tr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5285-5287, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5285-5287.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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