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Review
. 2002 Aug;21(8):611-2.
doi: 10.1007/s10096-002-0777-2. Epub 2002 Aug 21.

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

G S Shahin  1 , S A Lerner
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Rare presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia with bacteremia and multiple subcutaneous abscesses

G S Shahin et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2002 Aug.

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.

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