Rare presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia with bacteremia and multiple subcutaneous abscesses

G S Shahin; S A Lerner

doi:10.1007/s10096-002-0777-2

Rare presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia with bacteremia and multiple subcutaneous abscesses

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2002 Aug;21(8):611-2. doi: 10.1007/s10096-002-0777-2. Epub 2002 Aug 21.

Authors

G S Shahin¹, S A Lerner

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Disease and Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.

PMID: 12226693
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0777-2

Abstract

Reported here is the case of an apparently immunocompetent patient with Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia and bacteremia who presented with abscesses in multiple soft tissue sites. This unusual presentation provided a purulent aspirate for presumptive etiologic diagnosis by a Gram-stained smear.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Abscess / complications*
Abscess / drug therapy
Abscess / microbiology*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia / complications*
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / complications*
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / drug therapy
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / microbiology*
Streptococcus pneumoniae*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents