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. 2022 Jul 8;13:956677. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.956677

TABLE 2.

Co-morbidity of SAG with different disorders.

Body part Disorders Streptococcus species Total number of
Description of the study References
Isolates Patients
Head and neck Intracranial abscess S. anginosus 1 1 Multiple intracranial abscesses in a previously well individual Kirkman et al., 2012
Brain abscess
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S. intermedius 19 39 Diagnosis was secured in 39 patients, among which the majority were SAG (69%) with a predominance of S. intermedius (70%). Darlow et al., 2020
S. intermedius 2 2 Predisposing condition was a paranasal sinusitis of the frontal and ethmoidal sinuses Yamamoto et al., 1999
S. anginosus 1 1 Case represents a frontal lobe abscess caused by contiguous spread of S. anginosus from a frontal sinus infection Esplin et al., 2017
Peritonsillar abscess
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S. constellatus 13 65 67 aerobic isolates from peritonsillar abscess 55 were classified as Streptococcus spp. with the SAG as the most common type (20 isolates). Hidaka et al., 2011
S. intermedius 7
Orofacial abscesses S. intermedius 19 198 The strains of SAG were encountered most frequently (81% of infections) as part of a mixed growth. Wilson, et al., 1995
S. constellatus 16
S. anginosus 8
S. anginosus 1 6 Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis and orbital cellulitis Branson et al., 2019
Lemierre’s syndrome S. anginosus 1 1 Case report Santos et al., 2020

Pulmonary disorders Lung abscess S. constellatus 21 72 Species belonging to the SAG accounted for the majority 68% of isolates Jerng et al., 1997
S. intermedius 17
Pleural empyema
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S. intermedius 16 30 S. intermedius was significantly more common in patients with lung abscess with pleural effusion Noguchi et al., 2015
S. constellatus 11
S. anginosus 3
Pneumonia S. constellatus 16 31 Empyema was observed in patients with multiple bacteria Hirai et al., 2016
S. anginosus 13
S. intermedius 2
S. intermedius 1 1 Immunocompetent patient Hannoodi et al., 2016

Cardiovascular diseases Pericarditis
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S. anginosus 4 4 case reports Pneumopericardium secondary to gastropericardial fistula, purulent pericardial effusion secondary to transdiaphragmatic rupture of pyogenic liver abscess Maves et al., 2017; Cai, 2020; Prateepchaiboon et al., 2020; Ono et al., 2021
S. intermedius 3 3 case reports The first reported case of purulent pericarditis with S. intermedius in a child, patient with the history of bronchiectasis and pneumonia Presnell et al., 2014; Tigen et al., 2015; Khan et al., 2018
Endocarditis S. anginosus 6 377 All SAG isolates were identified as S. anginosus Woo et al., 2004
graphic file with name fmicb-13-956677-i006.jpg S. constellatus 11 11 Infection tends to be complicated with a high frequency of septic embolization Yoshino et al., 2013

Liver disorders Liver abscess
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S. intermedius 11 11 case reports Bacteremia and liver abscess following a routine dental infections, infection associated with gastrointestinal stromal tumor, diverticulitis of the colon, adenocarcinoma of the colon, acute cholangitis sump syndrome, chronic granulomatous disease Hiura et al., 2000; Millichap et al., 2005; Wagner et al., 2006; Neumayr et al., 2010; Falcone et al., 2012; Livingston and Perez-Colon, 2014; Benou et al., 2016; Mayor et al., 2016; Parthvi et al., 2017; Reddy et al., 2018; Hanna et al., 2020
S. constellatus 5 5 case reports Diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon and subsequent hematogenous spread of bacteria, infection associated with gastric adenocarcinoma Akuzawa et al., 2017; Dsouza et al., 2019; Wong, et al., 2019; Chrastek et al., 2020; Navarrete et al., 2020