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REPORT OF A CASE OF INFECTION CAUSED BY HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCI OF LANCEFIELD GROUP C, WITH A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND PRESENTATION OF IMMUNOLOGIC DATA

WILLIAM M. M. KIRBY, M.D.; LOWELL A. RANTZ, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1943;71(5):620-629.

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The classification of hemolytic streptococci proposed by Lancefield¹ in 1933 has proved an important advance in the study of streptococcic infections. Using the precipitin technic, based on the presence in hemolytic streptococci of a specific carbohydrate obtainable by acid hydrolysis, she divided these organisms into several groups, designated by the letters A to K, inclusive, and pointed out that most streptococcic infections in human beings were caused by members of her group A. Subsequent studies have confirmed this observation,² but a good many cases have been reported in which etiologic organisms were members of certain of the other groups.

Group B strains have been isolated in cases of suppurative arthritis,³ puerperal sepsis⁴ and endocarditis.⁵ Severe cases of endocarditis⁶ and puerperal sepsis 4a have also been ascribed to members of group G. The status of group D organisms is beyond the scope of this paper and will be . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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SAN FRANCISCO

From the Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine.

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