ENDOCARDITIS CAUSED BY NONHEMOLYTIC GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCUS

Authors
MIRANDA C GAMEZ MI NAVARRO JM ROSAFRAILE M
Citation
C. Miranda et al., ENDOCARDITIS CAUSED BY NONHEMOLYTIC GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCUS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(6), 1997, pp. 1616-1617
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1616 - 1617
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:6<1616:ECBNGS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We report a case of bacterial endocarditis caused by nonhemolytic grou p B streptococcus (GBS) in a 67-year-old man with no predisposing risk factors. Nonhemolytic GBS strains rarely cause illness and are usuall y detected in perinatal infections. We believe this to he the first re ported case of endocarditis caused by a nonhemolytic strain of GBS.