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Article: Bacteremia caused by group G streptococci, Taiwan.(DISPATCHES)
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- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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A retrospective observational study in Taiwan, 19982004, 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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Group G streptococci (GGS) are part of the normal microbial flora of the gastrointestinal tract, vagina, and skin and cause a variety of infections (1). Major underlying illnesses in patients with GGS bacteremia are malignancy, cardiovascular disease, diabetes ...