Non-hemolytic group B streptococcus as a cause of chemotherapy port infection
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Lancefield Group B Streptococci (GBS) are common causes of infection in adults with diabetes as well as a classical cause of perinatal meningitis. The organism is classically a beta-hemolytic streptococcus. We present an unusual case of human infection by a phenotypically rare manifestation of GBS, in which a chemotherapy port exhibited bacteremia of an organism without hemolysis (so-called gamma hemolysis).
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