JCM Figure table search 04
Home Help [Feedback] [For Subscribers] [Archive] [Search] [Contents]
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Taylor, M. B.
Right arrow Articles by Barkham, T.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Taylor, M. B.
Right arrow Articles by Barkham, T.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2002, p. 2311-2312, Vol. 40, No. 6
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2311-2312.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Fatal Case of Pneumonia Caused by a Nonhemolytic Strain of Streptococcus pyogenes

Mark B. Taylor1* and Timothy Barkham2

Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597,1 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore 3084332

Received 30 October 2001/ Returned for modification 9 December 2001/ Accepted 1 March 2002

We report a case of pneumonia with a fatal outcome caused by a nonhemolytic strain of Streptococcus pyogenes. This strain was isolated in pure growth from blood cultures and was fully identified biochemically. Such strains will be difficult to recognize and isolate from sites with heavy growth of normal flora. This phenomenon has been reported sporadically before, and it is unknown how common such strains may be in pharyngeal samples.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, Block MD4, 5 Science Dr. 2, Singapore 117597. Phone: (65) 68746741. Fax: (65) 67766872. E-mail: micmbt{at}nus.edu.sg.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2002, p. 2311-2312, Vol. 40, No. 6
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2311-2312.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



This article has been cited by other articles:



Home Help [Feedback] [For Subscribers] [Archive] [Search] [Contents]
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. Clin. Microbiol. Rev.
Clin. Vaccine Immunol. ALL ASM JOURNALS

Copyright © 2002 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.