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| A Case of Endophthalmitis due to Group G β-hemolytic Streptococcus Sepsi |
| Chul-Sik Kim, M.D., Woo-Il Park, M.D., Dol-Mi Kim, M.D., Tae-Hee Lee, M.D., Byung-Seung Kang, M.D.
Hee-Chung Yoon, M.D., Jae-Pil Choi, M.D., Ae-Chung Huh, M.D., Kyung-Hee Chang, M.D., Young-Goo Song, M.D.
Jae-Yong Shim, M.D.* and June-Myung Kim, M.D. |
| Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Family Medicine*, Yonsei University
College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
Vol.35 Num.1 (p57~60)
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Identified first by Lancefield and Hare in 1935, the group G streptococcus occurs as commensals in the skin, pharynx, intestine, and vagina. It has been reported to cause a variety of human infections, such as sepsis, endocarditis, peritonitis, pharyngitis, and infective arthritis. Group G streptococcus sepsis could occur in chronic states such as malignancy, diabetes, alcoholics, neurologic disease, cardiovarscular disease, and end stage renal disease, however, there has been only a few case reports of endogenous endopthalmitis caused by group G streptococcus. We report herein endogenous endopthalmitis caused by group G streptococcus sepsis in 64-year-old man of alcoholic. |
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Keywords : Endophthalmitis, Group G β-hemolytic streptococcus, Sepsis, Endogenous |
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