Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus milleri group misidentified as Streptococcus pyogenes on throat culture

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999 Jan;18(1):75-6. doi: 10.1097/00006454-199901000-00022.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Errors*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Penicillins / therapeutic use
  • Pharyngitis / diagnosis*
  • Pharyngitis / drug therapy
  • Pharyngitis / microbiology
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Streptococcus / isolation & purification*
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Penicillins