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Abstract
Sore throat associated with fever, is one of the most commom clinical presentations of children in pediatric outpatient practice( Putto 1987 ). Group A beta hemolytic streptococci ( GABHS ) are the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, and this carries the risk of development of non suppurative sequelae, such as rheumatic fever and post streptococcal glomerulonephritis ( Putto 1987) So children with GABHS pharyngitis should be properly diagnosed and treated ( Peter and Smith 1977 ). Diagnosis of acute pharyngitis due to GABHS on clinical basis is not perfect while doing specific investigations to reach an accurate diagnosis may not be avialable in some localities, and if avialable they are tedious and time consuming. Our study was performed to correlate sore throat with fever and other associated clinical data, in addition to simple laboratory investigations ( ASOT and Leucocytic counts prediction of acute pharyngitis due to GABHS and differentiating n from the non streptococcal pharyngitis. The present study was carried upon 100 diseased children ( 45 males & 55 females )suffering from sore throat with fever in addition to other clinical manifestations of acute pharyngitis. They were selected by purpositive sampling method among children attending the out patient clinics of Shibin EI-Kom fever Hospital, during the peroid March -September 1993. Their ages ranged from 3-15 years. Twenty. healthy children of matched age and sex served as a control group.
Every child was subjected to a full history taking and thorough clinical examination. Throat swab was taken from each child for immediate culture on blood agar palate, and a blood sample was obtained from every child for total and differential leucocytic count and determination of serum ASOT using the latex agglutination method.
The beta hemolytic colonies identified after 24h of incubation were subcultured for bacetracin sensitivity testing to identify GABHS if present.