Macrolide resistance in streptococcal pharyngitis
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Richard Garceau; Louise Thibault; Valéry Lavergne
- Source
- Canadian Medical Association Journal. 177:177-177
- Subject
- Adult
Male
Canada
medicine.medical_specialty
Streptococcus pyogenes
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Erysipelas
Treatment failure
Streptococcal Infections
Internal medicine
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
medicine
Humans
Treatment Failure
Letters
Child
Intensive care medicine
Sinusitis
business.industry
Pharyngitis
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Macrolide resistance
Infectious disease (medical specialty)
Child, Preschool
Female
Macrolides
medicine.symptom
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1488-2329
0820-3946
The infectious disease specialists in our hospital recently noticed increasing rates of complications in immunocompetent adults and children with streptococcal pharyngitis, secondary to treatment failure. Complications such as postpharyngitis erysipelas, retropharyngeal abscesses and sinusitis were