This is a review of 203 episodes of alpha-hemolytic streptococcal bacteremia during a 12-year period (1980-91) in a large community teaching hospital in the USA. There were 87 male and 116 female patients. with ages ranging from newborn infants to a 96-year-old; 118 patients (58.1%) ...
Related to alpha-hemolytic streptococci:streptococcal,nonhemolytic streptococcus,Strep pyogenes strep·to·coc·cus (strĕp′tə-kŏk′əs) n.pl.strep·to·coc·ci(-kŏk′sī, -kŏk′ī) Any of various round gram-positive bacteria of the genusStreptococcusthat occur in pairs or chains ...
It is distinguished from other α hemolytic streptococci by its sensitivity to growth inhibition by optochin. Pathogenesis Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important agent of community-acquired pneumonia infections in humans and can often be accompanied by bacteremia. Oropharyngeal carriage of pneum...
Rozenberg-Arska M, Dekker A, Verdonck, Verhoef J. Prevention of bacteremia caused by a-hemolytic streptococci by roxithromycin (RU-28, 965) in granulocytopenic patients receiving ciprofloxacin. Infection 1989;17:240–244.Rozenberg-Arska M, Dekker AW, Verdonck L, Verhoef J. Prevention of bac...