A 64-year-old woman who presented with acute meningoencephalitis was reported. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) revealed polymorphonuclear pleocytosis with gram-positive cocci. Blood and CSF grew microaerophilic streptococcus. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

All patients presented with frontal scalp swelling, and other common symptoms included headache, fever, nasal drainage and frontal sinus tenderness. Five patients were treated with antibiotics prior to their presentation. [jhu.pure.elsevier.com]

Organized by body system, each section begins with a general framework covering clinical presentation, laboratory and diagnostic evaluation, and empirical antibiotic therapy. [books.google.com]

Purulent pericarditis is a rare clinical presentation caused by this microorganism. We present a 62-year-old gentleman with multiple medical comorbidities whom had worsening shortness of breath during the last month. [journals.lww.com]

• Vietnamese

  Dexamethasone in Vietnamese adolescents and adults with bacterial meningitis. N Engl J Med. 2007;357(24):2431-40. [hopkinsguides.com]

• Movement Disorder

  Apply the latest techniques and knowledge in deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, movement disorders, dystonia, and psychiatric disorders; surgical management of blast injuries; invasive electrophysiology in functional neurosurgery; and interventional [books.google.com]

• Dystonia

  Apply the latest techniques and knowledge in deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, movement disorders, dystonia, and psychiatric disorders; surgical management of blast injuries; invasive electrophysiology in functional neurosurgery; and interventional [books.google.com]

• Pulmonary Infiltrate

  The Streptococcus milleri group as a cause of pulmonary infections. Clin Infect Dis. 1995;21 Suppl 3:S238-43. [PMID:8749672] Comment: A study utilizing percutaneous microbiologic specimens of pulmonary infiltrates and pleural collections. [hopkinsguides.com]

• Gram-Positive Bacteria

  STREPTOCOCCUS The Streptococcus genus consists of Gram-positive bacteria which appear as chains under microscopic observation. Members of Streptococcus can be aerobic, anaerobic, or microaerophilic. [uaz.edu.mx]

  The Streptococcus genus consists of Gram-positive bacteria which appear as chains under microscopic observation. Members of Streptococcus can be aerobic, anaerobic, or microaerophilic. [science.nasa.gov]

  The important role of bacteria in the fermentation of foods is often overlooked. 5.2 Lactic Acid Bacteria The lactic acid bacteria are a group of Gram positive bacteria, non-respiring, non-spore forming, cocci or rods, which produce lactic acid as the [fao.org]

  Scale bar: 2 μm. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055049.g008 Final remarks We were able to significantly improve the expression of four fluorescent proteins, mCherry, Citrine, CFP and GFP in the Gram-positive bacteria S. pneumoniae, by designing [journals.plos.org]

• Gram-Positive Coccus

  Gemella morbillorum (jĕ-mĕl′ă mŏr-bĭ-lōr′ŭm) [NL] A gram-positive coccus formerly classified in the genus Streptococcus ; it is a cause of septic arthritis, endocarditis, oral abscesses, and peritonitis. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

  Microbes involved in the fermentation process As with the sauerkraut process, the gram positive coccus - Leuconostoc mesenteroides predominates in the first stages of pickle fermentation. [fao.org]

Since 1924 reports have appeared on the clinical recognition, on the bacteriologic studies, and on the treatment of an infection from which it is to be differentiated, namely that caused by the microaerophilic hemolytic streptococcus. [jamanetwork.com]

Covering the core areas of importance to students, residents, fellows, and practitioners in any discipline, the book presents a systematic method for understanding basic mechanisms, establishing a diagnosis, and implementing appropriate treatment for [books.google.com]

Patients who relapse after two weeks of therapy should received prolonged treatment (4-6 wks). [hopkinsguides.com]

See above particular pathologies for specific treatments. [pathwaymedicine.org]

Prognosis is adversely affected by older age and multiple comorbidities. [ 10 ] Other poor prognostic factors include pneumonia, reduced level of consciousness, anaemia and infection with P. aeruginosa, S. aureus and K. pneumoniae. [ 7 ] [patient.info]

A. ( 1981 ) Etiology and antimicrobial treatment of acute sinusitis. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, ( Supplement ), 90 : 68 – 71. Hamory, B. H., Sande, M. A., and Sydnor, A. [cambridge.org]

Regardless of the etiology, anaerobes are predominant and the most frequent anaerobic isolates were anaerobic streptoccocci and Gram negative bacilli. [anaerobicinfections.blogspot.com]

Although over one-third of cases were spontaneous, other etiologies included intracavernous injection (22%), associated perianal/perineal/intra-abdominal abscess (13%), and dental infections with hematologic spread (13%). [karger.com]

S. intermedius has a tendency to cause abscess formation commonly found in the liver and brain, but is rarely the etiologic agent in infective endocarditis [ 2 – 4 ]. [bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com]

Diseases also addresses important related topics including antimicrobial agents, medical microbiology, fever and neutropenia, approach to evaluating leukocytosis, infectious diseases approach to SIRS and sepsis, and basics of infection control and hospital epidemiology [books.google.com]

Sweeping updates include new or revised chapters on: Hepatitis C and antivirals Fungal infection and newer antifungals Microbiome and infectious diseases as well as advances in diagnosis of infection; Clostridium difficile epidemiology; infection control [books.google.it]

Epidemiology Incidence and prevalence figures have not been established. Risk factors Alcoholism or drug misuse. Following general anaesthesia. Diabetes mellitus. Severe periodontal disease. [patient.info]

[PMID:21612470] Comment: Nice epidemiologic summary of incidence rates of meningitis due to Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, L. monocytogenes, H. influenza, and S. agalactiae based upon laboratory- and population-based surveillance data. [hopkinsguides.com]

The use of molecular methods may allow a better understanding of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of this organism. [bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com]

[…] cholecystitis mesenteric ischemia and infarction post-operative complications penetrating trauma Causative organisms can include: enterobaceteriacae anaerobes streptococci E coli Bacteroides fragilis Staph and Strep following trauma/surgery return to top Pathophysiology [sharinginhealth.ca]

This updated edition has new content on nanomedicine and HIV/AIDS and the immunocompromised patient, including the latest information on prevention, treatment modalities, and CDC guidelines. [books.google.com]

Prevention Raw or undercooked foods and cross-contamination, when cooked material comes into contact with raw produce or contaminated materials (cutting boards), are the main causes of infection. [food-info.net]

These facultative anaerobes control the levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and indeed, both S. mutans and S. thermophilus possess a cambialistic superoxide dismutase, the key enzyme for a preventive action against ROS. [fedoa.unina.it]

Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease--revised guidelines from CDC, 2010. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2010;59(RR-10):1-36. [hopkinsguides.com]

[…] edema; - before antibiotics were available this was a surgical emergency mandating immediate amputation to prevent streptococcal septicemia and death; - w/ a high suspicion that a group-A streptococcus was the pathogen, intravenous immune globulin therapy [wheelessonline.com]