Case Report

The Association of Streptococcus gallolyticus Subspecies pasteurianus Bacteremia with the Detection of Premalignant and Malignant Colonic Lesions

Table 1

Previous and current classifications of Streptococcus bovis and their respective associations with colorectal cancer (CRC).

Previous nomenclatureCurrent nomenclatureAssociation with CRC

S. bovis biotype IS. gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus++++

S. bovis biotype II/1S. infantarius subsp. infantarius++
S. lutetiensis++

S. bovis biotype II/2S. gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus+
S. gallolyticus subsp. macedonicusāˆ’