title: Recurrent sepsis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes.
abstract: I report that a 75-year-old man with severe atherosclerosis experienced two episodes of bacteremia with Streptococcus pyogenes of type emm87. Recurrent sepsis with S. pyogenes is extremely rare, and a foot ulcer was the suspected point of entry. The patient did not develop opsonizing antibodies to the isolate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Infection Medicine, BMC B14, Tornavägen 10, 221 84 Lund, Sweden. Magnus.Rasmussen@med.lu.se
authors.forename: Magnus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009895:Opsonin Proteins / Q000097:blood; D012008:Recurrence; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D009895:Opsonin Proteins; C014689:streptococcal M protein