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* Previously known as nutritionally-variant streptococci |
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* Grows on chocolate but not blood agar |
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* Often a skin contaminant, but can cause line infections, device infections, and endocarditis |
* Often a skin contaminant, but can cause line infections, device infections, and endocarditis |
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Revision as of 10:22, 9 November 2019
- Previously known as nutritionally-variant streptococci
- Gram-positive coccus
- Grows on chocolate but not blood agar
- Often a skin contaminant, but can cause line infections, device infections, and endocarditis
- Usually susceptible to penicillin
