Gratten M J, Dann E, Bailey R R
N Z Med J. 1975 Dec 24;82(554):413-5.
Streptococcus faecalis, while the most common streptococcal serotype causing urinary tract infection, is not the only one. Lancefield group A, B, C and G serotypes are capable of invading the urinary tract. This finding is not generally appreciated. The reason for this anomaly is seen in the failure of most investigators to utilise a definitive procedure to group streptococcal isolates from urine. Streptococci are responsible for 8.5 percent of urinary tract infections in this hospital.
粪链球菌虽然是引起尿路感染最常见的链球菌血清型,但并非唯一的一种。A、B、C和G群兰斯菲尔德血清型链球菌也能够侵入尿路。这一发现并未得到普遍认可。出现这种异常情况的原因在于,大多数研究人员未能采用一种明确的程序对从尿液中分离出的链球菌进行分组。在这家医院,链球菌导致的尿路感染占8.5%。