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%) ...
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...
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 ...
Hemoglobin Barts Hydrops Fetalis (alpha thalassemia major). Lack of all four alpha globin genes is associated with a severe intrauterine hemolytic anemia and hydrops fetalis, with massive hepatosplenomegaly, and, in most instances, fetal demise. The RBCs are very hypochromic, fragmented, and bizarre...
Outcomes of Bacteremia in Patients with Cancer and Neutropenia: Observations from Two Decades of Epidemiological and Clinical Trials Patients with bacteremia due to alpha-hemolytic streptococcus died more often when vancomycin was not included in the initial empirical regimen (P = .004)... LS Eltin...