ANALYSIS OF A CASE OF RECURRENT BACTEREMIA DUE TO GROUP-A STREPTOCOCCUS-EQUISIMILIS BY PULSED-FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS

Authors
BERT F LAMBERTZECHOVSKY N
Citation
F. Bert et N. Lambertzechovsky, ANALYSIS OF A CASE OF RECURRENT BACTEREMIA DUE TO GROUP-A STREPTOCOCCUS-EQUISIMILIS BY PULSED-FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS, Infection, 25(4), 1997, pp. 250-251
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
03008126
Volume
25
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
250 - 251
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8126(1997)25:4<250:AOACOR>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
An 86-year-old woman with a history of metastatic breast cancer develo ped two episodes of streptococcal bacteraemia and erysipelas separated by an interval of 3 months. The isolates belonged to Lancefield group A, but were biochemically identified as Streptococcus equisimilis. Th e similarity of the two isolates was established by DNA macrorestricti on analysis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, indicating that the second episode was due to relapse and not reinfection.