title: Deep soft-tissue infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
abstract: Three cases of deep soft-tissue infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae are presented. All patients were previously healthy adults. The first case was a man with a protracted illness in whom pelvic and inguinal abscesses developed at the site of a scar from a traumatic injury several years earlier. The second patient, a woman, had mastitis with systemic symptoms. The third patient was a woman who developed a gluteal abscess after an intramuscular injection of a contraceptive. Cellulitis and deep soft-tissue infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae are uncommon, but may occur even in immunocompetent adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Orebro Medical Center Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kragsbjerg
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Norén
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Söderquist
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008413:Mastitis / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed