title: A case report and literature review of group C streptococcal pneumonia.
abstract: Group C streptococci rarely cause severe disease in humans. The authors report a 15-year-old girl with group C streptococcal pneumonia. No immune deficiencies were detected in our patient and investigation of virulence factors including emmL, sag A, spegg and smeZ genes failed to reveal insight into why the isolated group C streptococcal strain was so virulent. Fourteen other reports of primary group C streptococcal pneumonia were reviewed.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. guliz@hawaii.edu
authors: Guliz
authors: G
authors: Erdem
authors: Shasta
authors: S
authors: Brewer
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Harrington
authors: Marian
authors: M
authors: Melish
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*