SEPTICEMIA CAUSED BY BETA-HEMOLYTIC GROUP -A, GROUP-B, GROUP-C AND GROUP-G STREPTOCOCCI

Authors
KECHRID A AISSA N BOUZOUAIA N BENHASSEN A FENDRI C BENREDJEB S
Citation
A. Kechrid et al., SEPTICEMIA CAUSED BY BETA-HEMOLYTIC GROUP -A, GROUP-B, GROUP-C AND GROUP-G STREPTOCOCCI, La Presse medicale, 22(19), 1993, pp. 896-898
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Presse medicale → ACNP
ISSN journal
07554982
Volume
22
Issue
19
Year of publication
1993
Pages
896 - 898
Database
ISI
SICI code
0755-4982(1993)22:19<896:SCBBG->2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
During a five and a half years' period, 805 strains of beta-haemolytic groups A, B, C and G streptococci were isolated. Among these, 28 were responsible for bacteremia; 57 percent group B and 32 percent group A . All strains were susceptible to beta-lactam antibiotics; 4 strains w ere resistant to macrolides. The majority of patients had underlying d iseases. Mortality was high in this group.