The prescribed duration of treatment was standard (10 days for oral beta-lactam agents and 5 days for azithromycin) for most patients, although 2 patients were treated with a short course ...

Beta-hemolytic streptococci were isolated ... Thoracentesis yielded serous fluid from which a hemolytic streptococcus, Group A, Type 5, was isolated. Therapy consisted of 5,000,000 units of ...

The present report describes a limited outbreak of infections due to a Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus that was highly resistant to both erythromycin and lincomycin and moderately resistant ...

Rheumatic heart disease is a chronic condition that results years after acute rheumatic fever, which is caused by group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes. This organism produces a ...

A high percentage of persons, both healthy and diseased, reacted positively to the hemolytic streptococcus filtrates. There was no apparent correlation between the skin reactions and the etiological ...

Streptococci, virulent for animals, but which differ from typical streptococcus pyogenes in a more abundant growth, in being encapsulated and not forming chains, and in causing but little hemolysis, ...

Conclusions: Perineal streptococcal dermatitis initially treated with penicillin or amoxicillin is consistently associated with a high risk of clinical recurrence. Whether treatment with a beta ...