Rare presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia with bacteremia and multiple subcutaneous abscesses.
Reported here is the case of an apparently immunocompetent patient with Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia and bacteremia who presented with abscesses in multiple soft tissue sites. This unusual presentation provided a purulent aspirate for presumptive etiologic diagnosis by a Gram-stained smear.
Shahin
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Division of Infectious Disease and Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Lerner
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D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents