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Brimo Alsaman MZ, Shashaa MN, Alkarrash MS, Kitaz MN, Zazo A, Alhamid A, Zazo R, Haj Kadour S. Normal values of antistreptolysin O for adults ages 30 to 70 in Syria: A cross sectional study. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2021; 71:103015. [PMID: 34840763 PMCID: PMC8606831 DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.103015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Group A Streptococcus is a very common pathogen which infects a large scale of people around the world causing many symptoms such as scarlet fever, sinusitis, and pneumonia. Most strains of group A and many other strains of group C and G Streptococcus bacteria secreted antigen called Streptolysin O. Anti-streptolysin O (ASO) is an antibody produced against streptolysin O that rises after 1 week of infection by streptococcus bacteria, which helps in diagnosing this type of infectious diseases. We conducted a Cross-Sectional study to determine the Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) for healthy adult in Aleppo, Syria. Materials and methods A sero-epidemiological cross-sectional study was conducted from September to October in 2019. ASO titers were determined on 267 healthy patients’ companions who visited Aleppo University Hospital. Geometric mean titer and Upper Limit of Normal of ASO were calculated according to sex, age and residency. Upper Limit of Normal were defined as the 80th percentile. Results Out of 267 participants; 126 (45.7%) were males and 150 (54.3) were females. The Upper Limit of Normal for total participants was 210.8 IU/ml. There was no significant difference (P-value > 0.05) among males (204.6 IU/ml) and females (225.8 IU/ml). In contrast to sex, there was a significant difference (P-value < 0.05) according to age groups, where the highest Upper Limit of Normal was in the 30–39 age group (256.0 IU/ml). Conclusion ASO test is a common, easy, cheap method, so getting enough data about it is very important in the developing countries (such as Syria). In Aleppo, Syria we found that the ULN was higher than ULN from other studies. There was no significant difference according to sex and residency. On the other hand, there was significant difference according to age groups. The Upper Limit of Normal for total participants was 210.8 IU/ml. We found that the ULN was higher than ULN from other studies. There was significant difference in ULN according to age groups.
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
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- MD. Pathology Department, Aleppo University Hospital, Aleppo, Syria
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
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- Department of Laboratory, Aleppo University Hospital, Aleppo, Syria
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Group A streptococcus (GAS) is the cause of a wide range of acute suppurative and, following a latent period, non-suppurative diseases such as rheumatic fever and poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. Diagnosis of the latter group requires evidence of preceding GAS infection. The bacteria produce a range of extracellular antigens, including streptolysin O, which induce an antibody response in the host. A rise in antistreptolysin O titre (ASOT) is indicative of preceding GAS infection. In clinical practice, often only a single ASOT measurement is available and its timing in relation to a possible GAS infection is unknown. Interpretation of the result in this context is liable to misdiagnosis. In order to optimise diagnosis of preceding GAS infection, at least two sequential ASOT measurements, together with simultaneous assay for anti-DNase B, a second antistreptococcal antibody, is recommended.
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- E S Sen
- Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
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Murphy TK, Gerardi DM, Parker-Athill EC. The PANDAS Controversy: Why (and How) Is It Still Unsettled? CURRENT DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS REPORTS 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s40474-014-0025-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Kotby AA, Habeeb NM, Ezz El Elarab S. Antistreptolysin O titer in health and disease: levels and significance. Pediatr Rep 2012; 4:e8. [PMID: 22690314 PMCID: PMC3357621 DOI: 10.4081/pr.2012.e8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2011] [Revised: 11/23/2011] [Accepted: 11/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Over diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) based on a raised antistreptolysin O titer (ASOT) is not uncommon in endemic areas. In this study, 660 children (aged 9.2 ±1.7 years) were recruited consecutively and classified as: G1 (control group, n=200 healthy children), G2 (n=20 with ARF 1(st) attack), G3 (n=40 with recurrent ARF), G4 (n=100 with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) on long acting penicillin (LAP)), G5 (n=100 with acute follicular tonsillitis), and G6 (n=200 healthy children with history of repeated follicular tonsillitis more than three times a year). Serum ASOT was measured by latex agglutination. Upper limit of normal (ULN) ASOT (80(th) percentile) was 400 IU in G1, 200 IU in G4, and 1600 IU in G6. Significantly high levels were seen in ARF 1st attack when compared to groups 1 and 5 (P<0.001 and P<0.05, respectively). ASOT was significantly high in children over ten years of age, during winter and in those with acute rheumatic carditis. ASOT showed significant direct correlation with the number of attacks of tonsillitis (P<0.05). Egyptian children have high ULN ASOT reaching 400 IU. This has to be taken into consideration when interpreting its values in suspected ARF. A rise in ASOT is less prominent in recurrent ARF compared to 1st attack, and acute and recurrent tonsillitis. Basal levels of ASOT increase with age but the pattern of increase during infection is not age dependent.
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- Alyaa Amal Kotby
- Pediatric Department, Ain Shams University, Early Cancer Detection Unit Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
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We studied the level of ASO (anti streptolysin O) titer and throat culture for GABHS (group A beta hemolytic streptococci) in 200 normal healthy school children between 5 to 15 years of age. We noted the upper limit of normal titer of 242 IU in the healthy school children around Mysore city. Throat culture was positive for GABHS in 9% of healthy school children indicating the carrier state.
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Murphy TK, Kurlan R, Leckman J. The immunobiology of Tourette's disorder, pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with Streptococcus, and related disorders: a way forward. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2010; 20:317-31. [PMID: 20807070 PMCID: PMC4003464 DOI: 10.1089/cap.2010.0043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related conditions including Tourette's disorder (TD) are chronic, relapsing disorders of unknown etiology associated with marked impairment and disability. Associated immune dysfunction has been reported and debated in the literature since the late 80s. The immunologic culprit receiving the most interest has been Group A Streptococcus (GAS), which began to receive attention as a potential cause of neuropsychiatric symptoms, following the investigation of the symptoms reported in Sydenham's chorea (SC) and rheumatic fever, such as motor tics, vocal tics, and both obsessive-compulsive and attention deficit/hyperactivity symptoms. Young children have been described as having a sudden onset of these neuropsychiatric symptoms temporally associated with GAS, but without supporting evidence of rheumatic fever. This presentation of OCD and tics has been termed pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS). Of note, SC, OCD, and TD often begin in early childhood and share common anatomic areas--the basal ganglia of the brain and the related cortical and thalamic sites--adding support to the possibility that these disorders might share a common immunologic and/or genetic vulnerability. Relevant manuscripts were identified through searches of the PsycINFO and MedLine databases using the following keywords: OCD, immune, PANDAS, Sydenham chorea, Tourette's disorder Group A Streptococcus. Articles were also identified through reference lists from research articles and other materials on childhood OCD, PANDAS, and TD between 1966 and December 2010. Considering the overlap of clinical and neuroanatomic findings among these disorders, this review explores evidence regarding the immunobiology as well as the relevant clinical and therapeutic aspects of TD, OCD, and PANDAS.
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- Tanya K Murphy
- Department of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, University of South Florida, St Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA.
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Jeng A, Beheshti M, Li J, Nathan R. The role of beta-hemolytic streptococci in causing diffuse, nonculturable cellulitis: a prospective investigation. Medicine (Baltimore) 2010; 89:217-226. [PMID: 20616661 DOI: 10.1097/md.0b013e3181e8d635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus and beta-hemolytic streptococci (BHS) are the 2 main types of bacteria causing soft-tissue infections. Historically, BHS were believed to be the primary cause of diffuse, nonculturable cellulitis. However, with the recent epidemic of community-associated methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) causing culturable soft-tissue infections, it is currently unclear what role either of these bacteria has in cases where the cellulitis is diffuse and nonculturable. This uncertainty has led to broad-spectrum and haphazard use of antibiotics for this infection type, which has led to increased risk of adverse drug reactions, health care costs, and emergence of resistance in bacteria. To investigate this issue, we conducted a prospective investigation between December 2004 and June 2007, enrolling all adult patients admitted to the inpatient service at the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, a county hospital of Los Angeles, with diffuse, nonculturable cellulitis. Acute and convalescent serologies for anti-streptolysin-O and anti-DNase-B antibodies were obtained. Patient data were analyzed for response to beta-lactam antibiotics. The primary outcome was the proportion of these cases caused by BHS, as diagnosed by serologies and/or blood cultures, and the secondary outcome was the response rate of patients to beta-lactam antibiotics. Of 248 patients enrolled, 69 were dropped from analysis because of loss to follow-up or exclusion criteria. Of the 179 remaining patients, 73% of nonculturable cellulitis cases were caused by BHS. Analysis of outcomes to beta-lactam antibiotic treatment revealed that patients diagnosed with BHS had a 97% (71/73) response, while those who did not have BHS had a 91% (21/23) response, with an overall response rate of 95.8% (116/121). Results of this large, prospective study show that diffuse, nonculturable cellulitis is still mainly caused by BHS, despite the MRSA epidemic, and that for this infection type, treatment with beta-lactam antibiotics is still effective. A cost-effective, evidence-based algorithm can be useful for the empiric management of uncomplicated soft-tissue infections based on the presence or absence of a culturable source.
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- Arthur Jeng
- From Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, California
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PURPOSE We document a presumptive case of unilateral post-streptococcal uveitis. The affected eye manifested a granulomatous anterior uveitis with elevated intra-ocular pressure (IOP) compared with the contra-lateral eye. This presentation was preceded by a recent streptococcal pharyngitis. CASE REPORT An asymptomatic, otherwise healthy 13-year-old black female presented with anterior chamber cells, mutton fat resembling keratic precipitates, and elevated IOP in the left eye relative to the right eye. The patient had been diagnosed with streptococcal pharyngitis approximately 1 week before her eye examination. A blood chemistry analysis, rheumatoid profile panel and antistreptolysin antibody titer were requested. The patient was prescribed predinisolone acetate 1% ophthalmic suspension in the left eye. RESULTS Anti-streptolysin antibody titers were significantly elevated (291 IU/ml). The patient responded favorably to topical ophthalmic steroid treatment with a reduction of IOP and inflammation. CONCLUSIONS Unilateral, granulomatous anterior uveitis may be a variant manifestation of post-streptococcal uveitis. The IOP elevation in these cases may result secondary to concurrent trabeculitis.
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Riise OR, Lee A, Cvancarova M, Handeland KS, Wathne KO, Nakstad B, Gaustad P, Flato B. Recent-onset childhood arthritis--association with Streptococcus pyogenes in a population-based study. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2008; 47:1006-11. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To describe the clinical features of post-streptococcal uveitis (PSU) and examine management strategies in the treatment of this under-recognized condition. METHODS Patients were identified from the world literature using the Pubmed search engine. We examined two new cases of post-streptococcal intermediate uveitis. The epidemiology, immune mechanisms, clinical features, investigations, treatments and visual outcomes were examined and recorded. RESULTS We reviewed 11 patients including our own two cases. There was a statistically significant seasonal difference in antistreptolysin-O titres (ASOT), and age-related ASOT was identified. Of the 11 patients, eight (72.7%) had anterior uveitis, two (18.2%) had intermediate uveitis and one (9.1%) had panuveitis. Their ages ranged from 5 to 56 years (mean 17 years). The majority of cases had significantly elevated ASOT; most patients were treated with topical steroids and oral antibiotics and four cases underwent adenotonsillectomy. The visual prognosis was good in most cases. CONCLUSIONS Uveitis may be the sole presenting clinical feature, or it may occur in combination with other features of post-streptococcal infection. Ophthalmologists should be aware of the clinical features of PSU and maintain a high level of suspicion, particularly in childhood uveitis.
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- Micheal J Gallagher
- Gartnavel General Hospital, Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Glasgow, UK.
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Kim S, Lee NY. Asymptomatic infection by Streptococcus pyogenes in schoolchildren and diagnostic usefulness of antideoxyribonuclease B. J Korean Med Sci 2005; 20:938-40. [PMID: 16361800 PMCID: PMC2779322 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2005.20.6.938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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This study is designed to evaluate the immune status of schoolchildren with respect to Streptococcus pyogenes, and to ascertain the usefulness of antideoxyribonuclease B (ADNase B). Antistreptolysin O (ASO) and ADNase B concentrations were measured quantitatively in 266 serum samples from healthy elementary school children in Seoul. Simultaneously, throat cultures were taken in order to isolate S. pyogenes and other beta-hemolytic streptococci (BHS). The upper limits of the normal (ULN) concentration of ASO and ADNase B were 326 IU/mL, and 362 IU/mL, respectively. The correlation between ADNase B (y) and ASO (x) was y = 0.4x+173 (r = 0.46). Mean ADNase B level (392 IU/mL) was significantly higher in children with S. pyogenes than in those with non-group A BHS (236 IU/mL) or no BHS (234 IU/ mL). Some schoolchildren were proven, via ASO and ADNase B tests, to be harboring asymptomatic S. pyogenes infections. The high ULN of ASO and ADNase B in schoolchildren should be carefully considered, in order to interpret the data collected from the patients. We could add the ADNase B test to our set of diagnostic tools, which would allow us to more accurately detect and diagnose streptococcal infections, as ADNase B was more specifically related to the results of throat cultures, and there was little correlation between ASO and ADNase B.
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- Sunjoo Kim
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Loiselle CR, Wendlandt JT, Rohde CA, Singer HS. Antistreptococcal, neuronal, and nuclear antibodies in Tourette syndrome. Pediatr Neurol 2003; 28:119-25. [PMID: 12699862 DOI: 10.1016/s0887-8994(02)00507-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Previous studies have suggested associations between Tourette syndrome and attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder and antistreptococcal antibodies and between Tourette syndrome and antinuclear antibodies. In this study, antistreptolysin O, antideoxyribonuclease B, antinuclear, and antineuronal antibodies were measured in 41 children with Tourette syndrome and 38 controls, selected without regard to history of streptococcal infection. Results revealed that mean antistreptococcal titers did not differ between diagnostic groups. In addition, multiple regression analysis was unable to predict antistreptococcal antibody titers according to age and diagnosis. The frequency of elevated antistreptolysin O titers, based on a cutoff of 1:240, was significantly higher (P = 0.04) in patients with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (64%) than in the group without attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (34%) but not when dichotomized according to age-matched normal values. No analysis of antideoxyribonuclease B titers identified any differences between groups. Antinuclear antibody titers were at least 1:160 in three of 33 Tourette syndrome patients; only one subject manifested a homogeneous staining pattern. Multiple regression analyses were unable to predict antinuclear, antineuronal, or anti-HTB-10 antibody titers according to the combination of age, diagnosis, and antistreptococcal titer. We suggest that longitudinal rather than single-point-in-time laboratory measurements be evaluated before definitive conclusions are drawn on associations between the diagnosis of Tourette syndrome, attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder, or obsessive-compulsive disorders and antistreptococcal or antinuclear antibody titers.
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- Christopher R Loiselle
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
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Eriksson A, Eriksson B, Holm SE, Norgren M. Streptococcal DNase B is immunologically identical to superantigen SpeF but involves separate domains. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 1999; 6:133-6. [PMID: 9874677 PMCID: PMC95673 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.1.133-136.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The previous suggestion that streptococcal superantigen SpeF might be identical to DNase B was confirmed in this study. Polyclonal SpeF-specific antisera were able to inhibit depolymerization of methyl-green DNA by DNase B. However, T-cell mitogenicity and nuclease activity appear to involve separate immune epitopes on SpeF, since sera with the capacity to neutralize the mitogenic activity of SpeF did not always inhibit the DNase activity.
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- A Eriksson
- Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Umeå University, S-901 85 Umeå, Sweden.
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Ejlertsen T, Thisted E, Ostergaard PA, Renneberg J. Maternal antibodies and acquired serological response to Moraxella catarrhalis in children determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 1994; 1:464-8. [PMID: 8556485 PMCID: PMC368290 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.1.4.464-468.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for determination of serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to Moraxella catarrhalis was developed, with an ultrasonic extract of M. catarrhalis immobilized on polystyrene microtiter plates serving as the antigen. The specificity was determined by adsorption tests. All of the 541 women tested showed a high level of maternal IgG antibodies to M. catarrhalis in umbilical cord blood specimens. One hundred eighty-nine children aged 0 to 15 years were examined. A low level of IgG antibodies to M. catarrhalis in serum was found in children aged up to 1 year; in older children, the levels increased with age. Levels in the same range as maternal IgG antibody levels were reached at the age of 10 years. The level of antibodies in children did not correlate with the state of colonization with M. catarrhalis or with the state of acute lower respiratory tract infection. Pairs of acute-phase and convalescent-phase serum samples did not discriminate between the children with M. catarrhalis in pure culture and those with mixed cultures of M. catarrhalis, Haemophilus influenzae, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. In adult women, high IgG antibody levels and low colonization rates with M. catarrhalis were found, whereas in small children, low IgG antibody levels and high colonization rates were found.
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- T Ejlertsen
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark
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Lewis HM, Baker BS, Bokth S, Powles AV, Garioch JJ, Valdimarsson H, Fry L. Restricted T-cell receptor V beta gene usage in the skin of patients with guttate and chronic plaque psoriasis. Br J Dermatol 1993; 129:514-20. [PMID: 8251347 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1993.tb00477.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A strong association between acute guttate psoriasis and group A, beta-haemolytic streptococcal infections is well established. Furthermore, streptococcal M proteins and toxins have been shown to act as superantigens, stimulating subpopulations of T lymphocytes expressing particular V beta families. We have therefore studied the possible role of streptococcal superantigens in psoriasis by staining peripheral T lymphocytes and skin sections from patients with guttate or chronic plaque psoriasis for the expression of nine TCR V beta families, using a range of monoclonal antibodies. A marked over-representation of V beta 2+ T lymphocytes was observed in the dermis and epidermis of patients in both groups, when compared with T lymphocytes in their peripheral blood. A less marked dermal increase in V beta 5.1+ T lymphocytes was also observed in these patients. These findings are consistent with the involvement of a superantigen, possibly streptococcal, in the pathogenesis of psoriasis.
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- H M Lewis
- Department of Dermatology, St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, U.K
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Schwartz B, Ussery XT. Group A Streptococcal Outbreaks in Nursing Homes. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1992. [DOI: 10.2307/30146492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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