title: Pyelonephritis and urosepsis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
abstract: This report presents the case of a patient with a massive pyelonephritis and a urosepsis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. This case is unusual as the focus was distant from the respiratory tract, the usual primary site of infection caused by this organism. No other primary site of infection was documented.
authors.affiliation: Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Severin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dufke
authors.forename: Heike
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kunze-Kronawitter
authors.forename: Sören
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schubert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004653:Empyema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*