Streptococcus
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Laboratory
- Streptococcus serology
- Streptococcus DNA
- Streptococcus identified by culture
- grows in chains in vitro
- Streptococci are divided into groups A-O on the basis of cell wall C carbohydrate (Lancefield classification)
Management
- at 3 days of IV antibiotics prior to step-down oral therapy with fluoroquinolone or beta-lactam antibiotic for Streptococcal sepsis
More general terms
More specific terms
- alpha-hemolytic streptococcus
- beta-hemolytic streptococcus
- Enterococcus
- gamma (non)-hemolytic streptococcus
- Streptococcus (Enterococcus) faecalis
- Streptococcus (Enterococcus) faecium
- Streptococcus agalactiae
- Streptococcus anginosus
- Streptococcus canis
- Streptococcus constellatus
- Streptococcus durans
- Streptococcus dysgalactiae
- Streptococcus equinus
- Streptococcus equismilis
- Streptococcus gallolyticus; Streptococcus bovis
- Streptococcus intermedius
- Streptococcus mitis
- Streptococcus mutans
- Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus)
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Streptococcus salivarius
- Streptococcus sanguinis
- Streptococcus suis
- Streptococcus zooepidemicus
Additional terms
- group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus
- group B beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GBS)
- group C beta-hemolytic streptococcus
- group D gamma (non)-hemolytic streptococcus/enterococcus
- group G beta-hemolytic streptococcus
- streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat)
- streptococcal protein
- Streptococcus milleri (intermedius) group
- Streptococcus viridans
References
- ↑ Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, 19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 1140
- ↑ Arensman K et al. Fluoroquinolone versus beta-lactam oral step-down therapy for uncomplicated streptococcal bloodstream infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2020 Aug 24; [e-pub] PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32839223 https://aac.asm.org/content/early/2020/08/19/AAC.01515-20