Infections Due to Group B Beta-Hemolytic Streptococci

Abstract

STREPTOCOCCAL disease in man is most frequently the result of infection by organisms belonging to Lancefield's Group A. Group B streptococci are more commonly pathogenic for cattle and have only rarely been implicated in human infections. Since the advent of antibiotics, there have been even fewer reported cases of human disease resulting from Group B streptococci, and their clinical importance has not been emphasized. Three cases of severe infection due to this agent were observed at the Massachusetts General Hospital from January to May, 1961. The purpose of this report is to re-emphasize the fact that these organisms are occasionally . . .