THE STREPTOCOCCUS-MILLERI GROUP - STREPTOCOCCUS-ANGINOSUS, STREPTOCOCCUS-CONSTELLATUS AND STREPTOCOCCUS-INTERMEDIUS

Authors
JACOBS JA
Citation
Ja. Jacobs, THE STREPTOCOCCUS-MILLERI GROUP - STREPTOCOCCUS-ANGINOSUS, STREPTOCOCCUS-CONSTELLATUS AND STREPTOCOCCUS-INTERMEDIUS, Reviews in medical micro-biology, 8(2), 1997, pp. 73-80
Citations number
47
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Reviews in medical micro-biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0954139X
Volume
8
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
73 - 80
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-139X(1997)8:2<73:TSG-SS>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The taxonomy of the 'Streptococcus milleri' strains has been debated f or many years, until they were finally allocated into three distinct s pecies: Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus constellatus and Strept ococcus intermedius. In this review, the taxonomic history and the ide ntification of the three species are discussed. The clinical picture, pathogenicity and antimicrobial susceptibilities of these organisms ar e compiled from data reported on the three distinct species and on'S. milleri' as a whole.