title: Group GStreptococcus dysgalactiaesubspecies equisimilis, the clinical significance of a rare infection: endocarditis, polyarteritis, septic bursitis and pneumonia with complicated parapneumonic effusion.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Geral de Santo Antonio SA, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Diana Maria Monteiro
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Freitas
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications; D002062:Bursitis / Q000150:complications; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity