Volume 14, Number 5—May 2008
Dispatch
Bacteremia Caused by Group G Streptococci, Taiwan
Chun-Hsing Liao*, Liang-Chun Liu†, Yu-Tsung Huang†, Lee-Jeng Teng†, and Po-Ren Hsueh†
Table 2
Summary of characteristics of patients with recurrence of group G streptococcus bacteremia, April 1998–August 2004, Taiwan*
| Patient no. | Age, y/ sex | Isolate | Date of isolation | Underlying disease | Clinical diagnosis | emm type | PFGE pattern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67/F | A1 | 2001 May 28 | Coronary heart disease, post–coronary artery bypass graft |
Cellulitis | stG166b | – |
| A2 | 2002 Jul 18 | Cellulitis | stG166b | Identical | |||
| A3 |
2003 Oct 14 |
Cellulitis |
stG166b |
Identical |
|||
| 2 | 33/M | B1† | 2002 Nov 13 | Alcoholic liver cirrhosis, child C |
Primary bacteremia | STL1929.1 | – |
| B2† |
2002 Oct 15 |
Primary bacteremia |
STL1929.1 |
Identical |
|||
| 3 | 47/F | C1 | 1998 May 15 | Vulvar cancer after surgery and radiotherapy |
Cellulitis | stG166b | – |
| C2 | 2002 Jan 18 | Cellulitis | stG6.1 | Related | |||
| C3 |
2002 Dec 19 |
Cellulitis |
stG6.1 |
Identical |
|||
| 4 | 49/M | D1 | 2000 May 24 | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma after chemotherapy and radiotherapy |
Cellulitis | stG485 | – |
| D2 |
2000 Aug 9 |
Cellulitis |
stG485 |
Identical |
|||
| 5 | 28/M | E1 | 1998 Dec 26 | von Willebrand disease, type I |
Cellulitis | stG485 | – |
| E2 |
1999 Aug 28 |
Cellulitis |
stG840 |
Different |
|||
| 6 | 72/F | F1 | 1998 Aug 24 | Cervical cancer after surgery and radiotherapy, diabetes mellitus |
Cellulitis | stG485 | – |
| F2 | 1998 Oct 23 | Cellulitis | stG485 | Identical | |||
| F3 |
1999 Dec 3 |
Cellulitis |
stG840 |
Different |
|||
| 7 | 55/F | G1 | 1999 Oct 9 | Cervical cancer after surgery and radiotherapy |
Cellulitis | stG485 | – |
| G2 | 2000 Apr 18 | Cellulitis | stG485 | Identical | |||
| G3 | 2001 Sep 24 | Cellulitis | stG485 | Identical | |||
| NA |
2000 Jul 19 |
Cellulitis |
NA |
NA |
|||
| 8 | 46/M | H1 | 2001 Aug 21 | Acute myeloid leukemia (M4) |
Primary bacteremia | stGLP 1.0 | – |
| H2 |
2001 Sep 6 |
Primary bacteremia |
stGLP 1.0 |
Identical |
|||
| 9 | 80/F | I1 | 2003 May 5 | Cervical cancer with lung metastasis and obstructive uropathy | Primary bacteremia | stG245.0 | – |
| I2 | 2003 Nov 17 | Primary bacteremia | stG245.0 | Identical |
*PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; NA, not available.
†Streptoccus canis.
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