Streptococcal Types in Impetigo and Acute Glomerulonephritis among Children in Addis Ababa

Pia Axemo Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden

Lennart Freij Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden

Pietros Hadgu Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden

Stig E. Holm Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden

Gunilla Islander Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden

Anneli Larsson Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden

Lena Nilsson Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden

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Abstract

Studies on the streptococcal epidemiology of impetigo in children below 12 years of age in Addis Ababa indicated that most streptococci isolated belonged to the classic serological impetigo strains. Streptococcal type 9 seemed to be a new impetigo strain. Several cases of severe acute glomerulonephritis on impetigo basis were observed during the study.

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