Talk:Streptococcus/Archive 1

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See talk:Strep Classification.svg for possible action on the classification chart. 80.194.242.132 (talk) 10:56, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the helpful article on Streptococci. I was a bit confused by the comment that "some strep don't have Lancefield antigens e.g. S. pneumoniae" as the article describes this classification as being for beta haemolytic strep (and pneumococcus is alpha haemolytic). Perhaps this comment should be removed?Mm01 (talk) 11:37, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Is there a spirochete also on the background of the gram stain picture? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.224.166.4 (talk) 19:27, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Needs one or more references to cover content, added tag. --FloNight 23:46, 26 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Added reference, removed tag. MarcoTolo 00:24, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Oxidase test
I don't have a solid reference for this, but I've seen suggestions that these are oxidase NEGATIVE, not positive as listed in the text. True?

That is true yes.

I would really like it if there were a list of symptoms, or something. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.25.206.203 (talk) 23:45, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

std
can this be considered an STD?Qrc2006 09:37, 22 September 2006 (UTC)


 * No. While, theoretically, many infectious diseases can be STDs, the phrase "sexually transmitted disease" is reserved for "Any of various diseases, including chancroid, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, that are usually contracted through sexual intercourse or other intimate sexual contact." (source; emphasis mine). -- MarcoTolo 20:29, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I have made various changes. I found the article did not clearly explain alpha/beta distinction and did not make reference to gamma group. Also found that the way it was structured seemed to play down the importance of alpha hemolytic strep, which in the western world are the commonest cause of community acquired pneumonia, otitis media in children, and second commenest cause of bacteria meningitis. Michaledwrdmarks 13th November 2006 Subscript text

Group B UK
According to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in the UK there is a general failure to implement the same guidlines that the rest of the Commonweath has. Given that serveral Physicans organizations and groups have issued guidelines similar to the US, it seems that the statement that 15% of the population is too many to test is a gross error. The seriousness of this bacteria is very understated in that sentence, since hundreds of babied die needlessly of menengitis every year and the ingorance of clinicians is partially responsable for that problem. I'm going to change this to reflect the situation in UK. (source). Offroadninja 02:02, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

New species
Can anyone find more information on Streptococcus henryi and streptococcus caballi that were found in 2004. Sorce is http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20072808-16257.html Science Alert Australia and New Zealand. Enlil Ninlil 20:43, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

class C Strep
Does anyone know how long this organism can last outside the human body?```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by HappycappyP (talk • contribs) 20:33, 14 August 2008 (UTC) it is now a virus and is not carried through ticks it is carried through people and cotten so the cotten clothes you wear just might have it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.48.138.112 (talk) 01:30, 29 January 2010 (UTC)