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Significance of speciation in group D streptococcal bacteremia

Die Bedeutung der Differenzierung von Gruppe-D- Streptokokken bei der Sepsis

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Group D streptococci from 44 bacteremic patients were speciated. Twenty-two of the isolates wereStr. faecalis, 11 wereStr. bovis, 6Str. faecium, 3Str. equinus, and one eachStr. avium andStr. durans. There was a significant correlation between the species, the presence of endocarditis, the antibiotic susceptibility of the organism and the mortality.

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Enterkokken (Gruppe-D-Streptokokken) von 44 Patienten wurden einer genaueren Identifizierung unterzogen. Bei 22 der isolierten Erreger fand sichStr. faecalis, 11 warenStr. bovis, 6Str. faecium, 3Str. equinus und jeweils einerStr. avium undStr. durans. Es fand sich eine signifikante Korrelation zwischen der Spezies, dem Auftreten einer Endokarditis sowie der Antibiotika-Empfindlichkeit der Bakterien und der Letalität.

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  2. Department of Microbiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, 10032, New York, N. Y., USA

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Granato, P., Ellner, P.D. Significance of speciation in group D streptococcal bacteremia. Infection 3, 28–30 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01641276

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