| carriage of streptococcus pyogenes among infants and toddlers attending day-care facilities in closed communities in southern israel. | infants and toddlers attending ten day-care facilities in closed communities in southern israel were tested monthly for pharyngeal carriage of streptococcus pyogenes and associated respiratory morbidity. overall, the prevalence of streptococcus pyogenes was 2.7% in infants and 8.4% in toddlers, reaching 8.5% and 17.8% in the two groups, respectively by midwinter. in 4 of 61 (6.6%) infants and 15 of 67 (22.4%) toddlers, the organism was recovered in more than one month (range 2 to 5 months). stre ... | 1995 | 7729455 |
| changing epidemiology of invasive streptococcus pyogenes infections in southern israel: differences between two ethnic population groups. | two ethnic populations (westernized jews and bedouins in transition from semi-nomadic to sedentary life conditions) living in southern israel and receiving inpatient services in the only medical facility of the region. | 1997 | 9041600 |
| serotyping and susceptibility to macrolides and other antimicrobial drugs of streptococcus pyogenes isolated from patients with invasive diseases in southern israel. | fifty-seven strains of streptococcus pyogenes isolated from septic patients and 52 isolates from nonbacteremic patients in southern israel were investigated for their susceptibility to new macrolides and other antimicrobial drugs. in addition, typing of the isolates by m protein and t antigen was performed. all organisms were susceptible to penicillin and chloramphenicol, 59% to tetracycline, and 7% to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. all isolates but one (99%) were susceptible to clarithromycin, ... | 1997 | 9063669 |
| acute mastoiditis in southern israel: a twelve year retrospective study (1990 through 2001). | acute mastoiditis is a serious complication of acute otitis media (aom) and has been increasingly reported in the last decade. | 2003 | 14551488 |
| community-acquired bloodstream infections in children > one month old in southern israel (1992-2001): epidemiological, clinical and microbiological aspects. | we studied the epidemiology, microbiology, clinical picture and outcome of community-acquired bloodstream infections (cabi) in children in southern israel during 1992-2001. information was collected prospectively by daily surveillance. cabi was diagnosed when a positive blood culture was reported in a patient discharged from the emergency room or during <48 h since admission if hospitalized. there were 1439 cabi episodes in 1396 children aged 1 month to 14 y. cabi incidence was 100/100,000 child ... | 2006 | 16857603 |
| acute mastoiditis in children under 15 years of age in southern israel following the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines: a 4-year retrospective study (2009-2012). | to describe the epidemiologic, microbiologic, clinical and therapeutic aspects of acute mastoiditis (am) in children <15 years of age during the 4-year period (2009-2012) following the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in israel. | 2014 | 25074345 |