THE present study was undertaken to determine the incidence of tetracycline resistance among strains of Group A streptococci isolated from clinical sources. In this study in vitro sensitivities to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The use of levofloxacin for neutropenic prophylaxis is associated with an increased incidence of Streptococcus ...

Lancefield group A streptococci isolated from recent outbreaks and sporadic cases of scarlet fever were restricted to the following M types 1, 3, 4, 6, 12, 18, 22 and 66. These strains were examined ...

Infective endocarditis caused by β-hemolytic streptococci is infrequently seen. Members of the Infectious Diseases Society of America's Emerging Infections Network (EIN) were polled for cases of ...

As part of a longitudinal study, we obtained surveillance throat cultures twice monthly and with each new respiratory tract illness from children in kindergarten through grade 8 at one school in ...

Bloodstream infections in newborns can lead to serious complications with substantial morbidity and mortality. In recent years, antibiotic prophylaxis given to at-risk mothers has reduced the ...

Researchers have found an enzyme that could prevent a deadly streptococci infection that causes around 500,000 deaths worldwide each year. Group A Streptococcus can lead to illnesses such as strep ...

CERTAIN strains of non-hæmolytic streptococci, isolated in our laboratory from blood cultures of cases of subacute bacterial endocarditis and from otitis media, were found to require for their growth ...