title: [Diseases caused by group G beta-hemolytic streptococci].
abstract: Group G beta-haemolytic streptococci were isolated from two patients, one with life-threatening septicaemia and meningitis, the other with puerperal sepsis and endometritis. The bacteria were isolated by blood culture and from cerebrospinal fluid in one patient, and from cervical swabs and urine in the other. In both treatment with a cephalosporin followed by penicillin G promptly led to recovery. These cases may signal an increasing incidence of severe infections caused by group G beta-haemolytic streptococci.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Giessen.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Füssle
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wurdinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004716:Endometritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D002511:Cephalosporins; D010400:Penicillin G
vernacular_title: Erkrankungen durch beta-hämolysierende Streptokokken der Gruppe G.