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STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS BACTERAEMIA: ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE COLORECTAL SURGEON
Author(s) -
Grieve D. A.,
Chem S. C. A.,
Chapuis P. H.,
Bradbury R.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1990.tb07425.x
Subject(s) - streptococcus bovis , medicine , asymptomatic , colonoscopy , penicillin , colorectal cancer , streptococcus , bacteremia , antibiotics , adenomatous polyps , general surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , cancer , bacteria , genetics , rumen , chemistry , food science , fermentation , biology
Patients with Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia are at high risk of harbouring an asymptomatic colorectal cancer or adenomatous polyps. It is therefore important to differentiate to a species level any Group D streptococci grown in blood cultures. Colonoscopy is the preferred method of screening these patients and high dose penicillin is the antibiotic of choice.