Microbiological study of streptococcal bacteremia.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 26 ·No. 4 ·1973-10-00 ·Pages 589-91

Horstmeier C, Washington JA

Abstract

During a 2.5-year study, streptococci were isolated from 280 patients (19% of those with bacteremia). Of this number, 54 had group D streptococci (45 were enterococci), 218 had alpha- or gamma-hemolytic nongroup D streptococci, and 49 had beta-hemolytic streptococci.

MeSH Terms

Anaerobiosis Culture Media Hemolysis Humans Sepsis/microbiology Streptococcal Infections/microbiology Streptococcus/classification,growth & development

Chemicals

Culture Media

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Horstmeier C

Washington J A

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14 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Applied microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Microbiol

ISSN

0003-6919

DOI

10.1128/am.26.4.589-591.1973

Published

1973-10-00

Pages

589-91

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605802

PMCID

PMC379854

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.26.4.589-591.1973 PMC Full Text

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