Streptococcal Discussions in Palermo

摘要

As the name suggests this was a conference dedicated to the Lancefield group of Streptococci. For the non-Microbiologists among you, the Lancefield group of streptococci are named after Dr Rebecca Lancefield who developed a typing scheme for these organisms. The group contains opportunistic human pathogens, the most well known being Group A Streptococcus (GAS or Streptococcus pyogenes causative agent of Strep, throat, Rheumatic fever, necrotising fasciitis and most famously the flesh eating bug), and the bug I work on. Group B Streptococcus (GBS or Streptococcus agalactiae the leading cause of neonatal meningitis and septicaemia in the UK).