Journal article
Henoch-Schonlein purpura and streptococcal infection: a prospective case-control study
Annals of tropical paediatrics, Vol.19(3), pp.253-255
09/01/1999
DOI: 10.1080/02724939992329
PMID: 10715710
Abstract
A prospective, matched, case-control study conducted over a period of 3 years was designed to examine the association of group A β-haemolytic streptococcal infections and Henoch-Schonlein purpura. Demographic and clinical data were collected as well as measurement of antistreptolysin O titres and throat swab culture on all children admitted with Henoch-Schonlein purpura, as well as their matched controls. Antistreptolysin O titre positivity was associated with a 10-fold increase in the risk of Henoch-Schonlein purpura. Renal involvement was common among cases with positive antistreptolysin O titres (27%) compared with cases with a negative titre (8%) but this difference has no statistical significance.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Henoch-Schonlein purpura and streptococcal infection: a prospective case-control study
- Creators
- Mahmoud Al-Sheyyab - Department of Pediatrics, Jordan University of Science and TechnologyAnwar Batieha - Department of Community Medicine, Jordan University of Science and TechnologyHatem El-Shanti - Department of Community Medicine, Jordan University of Science and TechnologyAzhar Daoud - Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Annals of tropical paediatrics, Vol.19(3), pp.253-255
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/02724939992329
- PMID
- 10715710
- ISSN
- 0272-4936
- eISSN
- 1465-3281
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/1999
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Medical Genetics and Genomics
- Record Identifier
- 9984093484202771
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