title: Facial abscess due to group L streptococcal infection.
abstract: A Lancefield group L streptococcal infection was found in a previously healthy male adult during a survey of beta-hemolytic streptococci. The infection was apparently acquired subsequent to a mild injury to the face and contact with soil. Treatment with cephalothin and cephalexin was successful after surgical drainage of the wound abscess.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification