Table 2. Summary of characteristics of patients with recurrence of group G streptococcus bacteremia, April 1998–August 2004, Taiwan*.

Patient no.	Age, y/ sex	Isolate	Date of isolation	Underlying disease	Clinical diagnosis	emm type	PFGE pattern
1	67/F	A1	2001 May 28	Coronary heart disease, post–coronary artery bypass graft	Cellulitis	stG166b	–
		A2	2002 Jul 18		Cellulitis	stG166b	Identical
		A3	2003 Oct 14		Cellulitis	stG166b	Identical
2	33/M	B1†	2002 Nov 13	Alcoholic liver cirrhosis, child C	Primary bacteremia	STL1929.1	–
		B2†	2002 Oct 15		Primary bacteremia	STL1929.1	Identical
3	47/F	C1	1998 May 15	Vulvar cancer after surgery and radiotherapy	Cellulitis	stG166b	–
		C2	2002 Jan 18		Cellulitis	stG6.1	Related
		C3	2002 Dec 19		Cellulitis	stG6.1	Identical
4	49/M	D1	2000 May 24	Nasopharyngeal carcinoma after chemotherapy and radiotherapy	Cellulitis	stG485	–
		D2	2000 Aug 9		Cellulitis	stG485	Identical
5	28/M	E1	1998 Dec 26	von Willebrand disease, type I	Cellulitis	stG485	–
		E2	1999 Aug 28		Cellulitis	stG840	Different
6	72/F	F1	1998 Aug 24	Cervical cancer after surgery and radiotherapy, diabetes mellitus	Cellulitis	stG485	–
		F2	1998 Oct 23		Cellulitis	stG485	Identical
		F3	1999 Dec 3		Cellulitis	stG840	Different
7	55/F	G1	1999 Oct 9	Cervical cancer after surgery and radiotherapy	Cellulitis	stG485	–
		G2	2000 Apr 18		Cellulitis	stG485	Identical
		G3	2001 Sep 24		Cellulitis	stG485	Identical
		NA	2000 Jul 19		Cellulitis	NA	NA
8	46/M	H1	2001 Aug 21	Acute myeloid leukemia (M4)	Primary bacteremia	stGLP 1.0	–
		H2	2001 Sep 6		Primary bacteremia	stGLP 1.0	Identical
9	80/F	I1	2003 May 5	Cervical cancer with lung metastasis and obstructive uropathy	Primary bacteremia	stG245.0	–
		I2	2003 Nov 17		Primary bacteremia	stG245.0	Identical

*PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; NA, not available.
†Streptoccus canis.