The Streptococcus milleri Group as a Cause of Pulmonary Infections

T Shinzato, A Saito - Clinical infectious diseases, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Streptococci that colonize the mouth and upper respiratory tract tend to beconsidered
harmless commensals. In 45 cases of acute pneumonia and/or pulmonary abscess and 25 …

A mechanism of pathogenicity of “Streptococcus milleri group” in pulmonary infection: synergy with an anaerobe

T Shinzato, A Saito - Journal of medical microbiology, 1994 - microbiologyresearch.org
The relationship between Streptococcus constellatus, one of the species of the
“Streptococcus milleri group” and Prevotella intermedia was studied in a model of …

Thoracic infection caused by Streptococcus milleri

G Porta, M Rodriguez-Carballeira… - European …, 1998 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The objective of this study was to increase our understanding of the importance of members
of the Streptococcus milleri (SM) group as respiratory pathogens, by studying the …

Occurrence and Pathogenicity of the Streptococcus milleri Group

J Gossling - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1988 - academic.oup.com
Streptococci of the milleri group are part of the normal flora of human mucous membranes.
These streptococci have also been reported to be significant pathogens. Like other mucosal …

Streptococcus milleri pulmonary disease: a review and clinical description of 25 patients.

CA Wong, F Donald, JT Macfarlane - Thorax, 1995 - thorax.bmj.com
BACKGROUND--Streptococcus milleri is increasingly being recognised as an important
pulmonary pathogen which may lead to the development of empyema or lung abscess …

Clinical and bacterial features of infections caused by Streptococcus milleri

JM Molina, C Leport, A Bure, M Wolff… - … journal of infectious …, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
The clinical and bacteriological features of 51 infections due to Streptococcus milleri
observed in 43 patients over a 2-year period were reviewed. Clinical syndromes included …

Clinical significance ofStreptococcus milleri

P Van Der Auwera - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1985 - Springer
The clinical features of infection in patients from whom Streptococcus milleri was isolated
were analysed in an attempt to determine the clinical significance of this organism. During a …

The role of the capsule of the Streptococcus milleri group in its pathogenicity

S Kanamori, T Shinzato, A Saito, N Kusano - Journal of infection and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Study of the pathogenicity of encapsulated strains of the Streptococcus milleri group (SMG)
was performed by examination of the ability to cause subcutaneous abscesses in mice and …

Interaction between human polymorphonuclear leukocytes and Streptococcus milleri group bacteria

A Wanahita, EA Goldsmith, DM Musher… - The Journal of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Because Streptococcus milleri group (SMG) bacteria—Streptococcus constellatus,
Streptococcus intermedius and Streptococcus anginosus—exhibit a striking propensity to …

Phenotypic differentiation of Streptococcus intermedius, Streptococcus constellatus, and Streptococcus anginosus strains within the" Streptococcus milleri group"

RA Whiley, H Fraser, JM Hardie… - Journal of clinical …, 1990 - Am Soc Microbiol
A biochemical scheme was developed by which strains of Streptococcus constellatus,
Streptococcus intermedius, and Streptococcus anginosus can reliably be distinguished from …