Streptococcus mitis Strains Causing Severe Clinical Disease in Cancer Patients

Streptococcus mitis Strains Causing Severe Clinical Disease in Cancer Patients

The genetically diverse viridans group streptococci (VGS) are increasingly recognized as the cause of a variety of human diseases. We used a recently developed multilocus sequence analysis scheme to define the species of 118 unique VGS strains causing bacteremia in patients with cancer; Streptococcu...

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Main Authors: Samuel A. Shelburne, Pranoti Sahasrabhojane, Miguel Saldana, Hui Yao, Xiaoping Su, Nicola Horstmann, Erika Thompson, Anthony R. Flores
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
viridans group streptococci
bacteremia
neutropenia
Pitt bacteremia score
Streptococcus mitis
cancer patients
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/5/13-0953_article

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