Group G streptococcal endocarditis and bacteraemia--a report of 3 cases.
Three patients with Group G Streptococcal infection presenting with endocarditis and septicaemia are reported. All had underlying cardiac disease, and one had diabetes mellitus and a colonic carcinoma. Our three patients responded to intravenous crystalline penicillin.
Yap
J C
JC
Department of Medicine III, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
Wang
Y T
YT
Poh
S C
SC
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*