Over the past 15 years Streptococcus bovis, a Lancefield group D non-enterococcal organism, has become increasingly recognized as a common cause of endocarditis, accounting for 14 per cent of cases of microbial endocarditis'. Moreover, a strong association between S. bouis bacteraemia and underlying
Association of Streptococcus bovis with Carcinoma of the Colon
โ Scribed by Klein, Robert S.; Recco, Rose A.; Catalano, Michela T.; Edberg, Stephen C.; Casey, Joan I.; Steigbigel, Neal H.
- Book ID
- 120624935
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 537 KB
- Volume
- 297
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0096-6762
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