Pleural empyema due to group a beta-hemolytic streptococci in an adult

Pleural empyema due to group a beta-hemolytic streptococci in an adult.

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Pleural Empyema due to Group D Salmonella

Non-typhi Salmonella normally presents as a bacteremia, enterocolitis, and endovascular infection but rarely manifests as pleuropulmonary disease. We present a case of a 66-year-old female with underlying pulmonary pathology, secondary to an extensive smoking history, who presented with a left-sided pleural effusion. The causative agent was identified as being group D Salmonella. Decortication ...

Group B beta-hemolytic streptococci causing pharyngitis.

Group B beta-hemolytic streptococci were isolated from the throats of 49 of 1,110 patients who had pharyngitis. Compared with patients whose throat cultures were negative for beta-hemolytic streptococci, those harboring group B were more likely to have enlarged tonsils (P less than 0.001), exudate (P less than 0.02), and tender enlarged anterior cervical lymph nodes (P less than 0.01). Group B ...

Typing Group a Hemolytic Streptococci

Two methods of typing group A hemolytic streptococci have been described: slide agglutination and anti-M precipitin tests. The first, developed by Griffith (1), is more extensively used. I t has the distinct advantages of requiring small amounts of serum and culture, and of a quick reaction time when all conditions are favorable. I t has certain disadvantages: The granular growth of some strain...

Group A beta hemolytic streptococci and rheumatic fever in Miami, Florida. III. Bacteriologic observations on beta hemolytic streptococci other than group A.