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Bacteriological monitoring in penicillin treatment of streptococcal sore throat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

P. W. Ross
P. W. Ross
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Department of Bacteriology, The Medical School, University of Edinburgh
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Bacteriological monitoring of penicillin therapy in 30 children with streptococcal sore throats was performed by means of salivary and throat-swab culture, on the first, third, fifth and ninth days after therapy had started. Counts of beta-haemolytic streptococci per ml. of saliva were also performed.

Results showed that salivary culture and estimation of the numbers of beta-haemolytic streptococci in the saliva were much more sensitive indices of the effectiveness of penicillin treatment than throat-swab culture.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , September 1971 , pp. 355 - 360
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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