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. 2008 May;14(5):837-40.
doi: 10.3201/eid1405.070130.

Bacteremia caused by group G Streptococci, taiwan

Chun-Hsing Liao  1 , Liang-Chun Liu, Yu-Tsung Huang, Lee-Jeng Teng, Po-Ren Hsueh
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Bacteremia caused by group G Streptococci, taiwan

Chun-Hsing Liao et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 May.

Abstract

A retrospective observational study in Taiwan, 1998-2004, identified 92 patients with group G streptococcal bacteremia; 86 had Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis. The most common diagnosis was cellulitis (48 cases), followed by primary bacteremia (34 cases). Infection recurred in 9 patients. Mortality rate was low (3.3%); resistance to quinupristin-dalfopristin was high.

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Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles of all isolates from patients with recurrent group G streptococcal bacteremia. Isolates B1 and B2, Streptococcus canis; other isolates, S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (see designation of the isolates in Table 2). Lane M, molecular mass marker.
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