title: Rare presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia with bacteremia and multiple subcutaneous abscesses.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease and Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Shahin
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lerner
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents