A Case of Endophthalmitis due to Group G beta-hemolytic Streptococcus Sepsis.
- Author:
Chul Sik KIM
1
;
Woo Il PARK
;
Dol Mi KIM
;
Tae Hee LEE
;
Byung Seung KANG
;
Hee Chung YOON
;
Jae Pil CHOI
;
Ae Chung HUH
;
Kyung Hee CHANG
;
Young Goo SONG
;
Jae Yong SHIM
;
June Myung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. imfell@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Endophthalmitis;
Group G beta-hemolytic streptococcus;
Sepsis;
Endogenous
- MeSH:
Alcoholics;
Arthritis;
Endocarditis;
Endophthalmitis*;
Hares;
Humans;
Intestines;
Kidney Failure, Chronic;
Middle Aged;
Peritonitis;
Pharyngitis;
Pharynx;
Sepsis*;
Skin;
Streptococcus*;
Vagina
- From:
Infection and Chemotherapy
2003;35(1):57-60
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
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.
