In a 17-month-old girl an upper-respiratory-tract infection acutely developed. Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci were found on throat culture. She was treated with erythromycin. No clinical ...

THE danger of hemolytic streptococcus respiratory infection to persons who are susceptible to rheumatic fever is well recognized. Since with present knowledge there are inherent difficulties in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most cases of cellulitis appear to be caused by beta-hemolytic streptococci, particularly Group A, Group C and ...

Ten bacteriological and immunofluorescent procedures for the identification of group A beta hemolytic streptococci were evaluated to determine the most rapid and accurate technique for mass ...

Hemolysis is the #1 source of preanalytical error and can impact potassium results—potentially leading to inappropriate or delayed patient treatment, unnecessary ...

Hemolysis is a common pre-analytical variable that can lead to inaccurate results, specimen rejection, and specimen recollection in the clinical laboratory. Hemolysis is most often an in vitro ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of early-onset group B beta hemolytic streptococcal (EOGBS) infection and the association between changes in the incidence and intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis ...

Determination of hemolysis type is a key classification system in medical diagnostics and microbiology, and is especially useful in classifying streptococcal species. Serious infection diseases such ...