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Group C streptococcal meningitis
Author(s) -
Mollison Lindsay C.,
Donaldson Eric
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb120958.x
Subject(s) - meningitis , penicillin , chloramphenicol , microbiology and biotechnology , streptococcus , group a , streptococcus dysgalactiae , medicine , streptococcal infections , antibiotics , group b , streptococcaceae , virology , streptococcus agalactiae , biology , bacteria , pediatrics , genetics
Group C streptococci have been infrequently described as human pathogens. A case of meningitis caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae , in a 73‐year‐old man with alcoholic liver disease, was treated successfully with penicillin and chloramphenicol.