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 ...

of streptomycin intramuscularly twice a day. Beta-hemolytic streptococci were isolated from her nose and throat culture. A = initial film, demonstrating a diffuse interstitial pneumonia.

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 ...

Most of the hemolytic streptococci in the throat of the dogs studied were of the pyogenes type. No close relationship could be demonstrated between the groupings of the dog streptococci according to ...

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 ...