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Streptococcus gallolyticus; Streptococcus bovis
Group D streptococcus
Pathology:
- causative agent of septicemia & infective endocarditis in elderly & immunocompromised persons
- associated with colon cancer
Special laboratory:
- colonoscopy
Related
group D gamma (non)-hemolytic streptococcus/enterococcus
General
Streptococcus
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
- Pasquereau-Kotula E, Martins M, Aymeric L, Dramsi S.
Significance of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus Association With Colorectal Cancer
Front Microbiol. 2018 Apr 3;9:614.
PMID: 29666615 PMCID: PMC5891635 Free PMC article
- Drewes JL et al
Streptococcus gallolyticus.
Colorectal Neoplasia and the Colorectal Microbiome, 2020
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/streptococcus-gallolyticus