Faden Howard, Mohmand Mustafa
From the *Department of Pediatrics and Division of Infectious Diseases, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and †Department of Pediatrics and Division of Infectious Diseases, Women and Children's Hospital, Buffalo, New York.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Nov;36(11):1099-1100. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001646.
Streptococcus constellatus is a viridans Streptococcus belonging to the Anginosus group. It was associated with abscesses in 37 children, 80% of whom had acute appendicitis with perforation and abscess formation in 50%. None of the children was <3 years of age.
星座链球菌是一种属于咽峡炎链球菌群的草绿色链球菌。它与37名儿童的脓肿有关,其中80%患有急性阑尾炎,50%发生穿孔和脓肿形成。没有一名儿童年龄小于3岁。