Affiliations 

  • 1 MBBS, MSc, MRCPath, Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Family Practitioner, 1988;11(1):73-74.

Abstract

Group A streptococcus is an important cause of pharyngitis, skin infection and or its non-suppurative sequelae, i.e. rheumatic fever and post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. The National Streptococcus Reference Laboratory was established in 1982 to collect data on various aspects of this infection.