Contribution of<i>Streptococcus anginosus</i>to Infections Caused by Groups C and G Streptococci, Southern India

Reißmann, Silvana; Friedrichs, Claudia; Rajkumari, Reena; Itzek, Andreas; Fulde, Marcus; Rodloff, Arne C.; Brahmadathan, K. N.; Chhatwal, Gursharan S.; Nitsche-Schmitz, D. Patric

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“…A correlation between S. inter medius and brain and liver abscesses and S. constellatus and infections of respiratory tract has been detected (Whiley et al, 1992). The majority of published mate rial about SAG is closely related to case reports and sug gests that the number of infections caused by SAG is underestimated (Reissmann et al, 2010). Case reports usually describe otherwise healthy patients without any previous medical history and describe the role of SAG in the formation of various kinds of abscesses, which are probably caused by high resistance to phagocytosis and inhibition of chemotaxis (Wanahita et al, 2002).…”

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Streptococcus anginosus (milleri) Group Strains Isolated in Poland (1996–2012) and their Antibiotic Resistance Patterns

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Kern-Zdanowicz

Kozińska

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Polish Journal of Microbiology

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A b s t r a c tStreptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus intermedius and Streptococcus constellatus form a group of related streptococcal species, namely the Streptococcus Anginosus Group (SAG). The group, previously called "milleri" had been rarely described until 1980/1990 as source of infections. Nowadays SAG bacteria are often described as pathogens causing predominantly purulent infections. The number of infec tions is highly underestimated, as SAG strains are often classified in the microbiology laboratory as less virulent "viridans streptococci". Epidemiological situation regarding SAG infections in Poland has been unrecognized, therefore we performed a retrospective analysis of strains isolated between 1996 and 2012. Strains suspected of belonging to SAG were reidentified using an automated biochemical approach (Vitek2) and MALDITOF MS. We performed first analysis of antibiotic resistance among SAG strains isolated in Poland using automated methods (Vitek2), disk diffusion tests and ETests. We also performed PCR detection of resistance determinants in antibiotic resistant strains. Clonal structure of analyzed strains was evaluated with PFGE and MLVF methods. All three species are difficult to distinguish using automated diagnostic methods and the same is true for automated MIC evaluation. Our analysis revealed SAG strains are rarely isolated in Poland, predominantly from purulent infections. All isolates are very diverse on the genomic level as estimated by PFGE and MLVF analyses. All analyzed strains are sensitive to penicillin, a substantial group of strains is resistant to macrolides and the majority of strains are resistant to tetracycline. K e y w o r d s:

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Streptococcus anginosus (milleri) Group Strains Isolated in Poland (1996–2012) and their Antibiotic Resistance Patterns

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Kern-Zdanowicz

Kozińska

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“…In most if not all of the studies that determined the streptococcal subspecies in GCGS infections in humans, SDSE was the prevalent subspecies (Broyles et al, 2009;Reißmann et al, 2010). There are conceivable indications that infection with SDSE can cause ARF.…”

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Host–Pathogen Interactions in Streptococcal Immune Sequelae

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Chhatwal

2012

Host-Pathogen Interactions in Streptococcal Diseases

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“…Usually SDSE strains have the group G antigen, more rarely the group C one. According to results of several large investigations (on more than 100 isolates), SDSE isolates with G antigen consisted from 70% to more than 90%, and those with C antigen -from 5% to 26% of the examined SDSE population [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. The SDSE strains with group A and L antigens are isolated much less frequently [2, [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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“…For SDSE identification, the following molecular methods were used: 16S rRNA gene sequencing [5,12,[28][29][30], polymerase chain reaction (PCR) [15,28], 23S rRNA gene sequencing [31] and in situ hybridization [29].…”

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Soft tissue infection caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis possessing group Aantigen: a and review of the literature

Karyński¹,

Letowska²,

Grzesiowski³

2012

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Contribution ofStreptococcus anginosusto Infections Caused by Groups C and G Streptococci, Southern India

Abstract: This neglected pathogen causes a large portion of these infections.

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Streptococcus anginosus (milleri) Group Strains Isolated in Poland (1996–2012) and their Antibiotic Resistance Patterns

Streptococcus anginosus (milleri) Group Strains Isolated in Poland (1996–2012) and their Antibiotic Resistance Patterns

Host–Pathogen Interactions in Streptococcal Immune Sequelae

Soft tissue infection caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis possessing group Aantigen: a and review of the literature

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