Non-Group-A Streptococci in Rheumatic Patients and their Possible Significance in Postinfectious Rheumatism

Abstract
Summary In a series of patients with rheumatic conditions in which the incidence of beta-hemolytic streptococci in throat culture did not exceed the expected carrier rate in a corresponding normal population, 39 strains of streptococci were grouped according to Lancefield's system. The results were of interest in the following respects.