From one strain of hemolytic streptococcus three forms were isolated, which produced three different degrees of hemolysis on the surface of blood agar in the presence of oxygen. The original form was moderately hemolytic; the glossy variant was more hemolytic than the original form; and the third form, obtained by passing the original culture through mice, was non-hemolytic. Under anaerobic con...

BACKGROUND Here we report a rare case of lumbar spine epidural abscess and facet joint septic arthritis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae, which had spread to the iliopsoas muscles, leading to urine retention. CASE PRESENTATION A 68-year-old woman with low back pain experienced a sudden onset of bilateral lower limb weakness, it was followed 14 days later by urine retention. At consultation,...

Group B b-hemolytic streptococcus (GBS) sepsis is a serious bacterial infection in neonates, with significant morbidity and mortality. We report here a neonate with late onset GBS infection manifesting as a urinary tract infection (UTI) in an infant presenting with prolonged neonatal jaundice. The pathogenesis of this late onset is postulated.

Methods The susceptibility testing was carried out by unified protocol of Kirby-Bauer method (KB) were Streptococcus pneumonia (1699), b-hemolytic streptococci(1428) including GAS (756), GBS (451), GCS (34), GGS (140), and GFS (31) none classified (16), and Viridans streptococc group excluded S. pneumonia isolated from sterile parts (280). The susceptibility testing was assayed by Penicillin E-...

Lancefield Group B Streptococci (GBS) are common causes of infection in adults with diabetes as well as a classical cause of perinatal meningitis. The organism is classically a beta-hemolytic streptococcus. We present an unusual case of human infection by a phenotypically rare manifestation of GBS, in which a chemotherapy port exhibited bacteremia of an organism without hemolysis (so-called gam...

Cellulitis is frequently seen in ambulatory care settings and is often responsive to empiric therapy directed against Staphylococcus aureus and group A b-hemolytic streptococcus. Ideally, blood culture susceptibility by offending pathogens should direct antimicrobial therapy, but their low yield in skin infections may render them clinically useless. We therefore reviewed the available evidence ...

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