PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF MODERN METHODS OF INPATIENT STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION DIAGNOSTICS

• Main Author: A. S. Darmanyan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paediatrician Publishers, LLC 2013-09-01
• Series: Pediatričeskaâ Farmakologiâ
• Subjects: acute tonsillitis; express test; group a β-hemolytic streptococcus; antibiotics
• Online Access: https://www.pedpharma.ru/jour/article/view/184

It is commonly known that acute tonsillites are in most cases caused by viral infections. Only ca. 20% of patients require antibacterial therapy, including cases of the group-A-β-hemolytic-streptococcus-caused tonsillites. Etiologic diagnostics of acute tonsillitis is extremely complicated in terms of both clinical symptoms and bacterial inflammation marker levels, which is why it is positive result of a cultural study of palatine tonsillar materials that should serve as an indication to prescription of systemic antibacterial therapy. Express test for detection of the group A β-hemolytic streptococcus, comparable to the cultural study method in terms of sensitivity and specificity, helps reasonable approach to the treatment of acute tonsillites.