title: Superficial skin infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in children.
abstract: Pneumococcal superficial skin infections are rarely described. We present 3 cases of Streptococcus pneumoniae superficial skin infections in previously healthy children. In 2 cases, lesions occurred on facial skin; in the third case they occurred on the scrotal raphe. One isolate was fully penicillin-resistant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Nitza
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dagan
authors.forename: Haim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reuveni
authors.forename: Zahavi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Rimma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Melamed
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D002610:Cheek / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D012535:Scalp / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012611:Scrotum / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*