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. 2015:2015:462459.
doi: 10.1155/2015/462459. Epub 2015 Apr 1.

How an Opportunistic Infection Can Mess with Your Brain and Take Your Breath Away: A Rare Case of Simultaneous Lung and Brain Abscess due to Streptococcus anginosus

Farah Al-Saffar  1 , Daisy Torres-Miranda  1 , Saif Ibrahim  1 , Adil Shujaat  2
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How an Opportunistic Infection Can Mess with Your Brain and Take Your Breath Away: A Rare Case of Simultaneous Lung and Brain Abscess due to Streptococcus anginosus

Farah Al-Saffar et al. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2015.

Abstract

Streptococcus anginosus (S. anginosus) is considered a friendly bug and is a one of many different bacteria that constitute the normal flora of the oral cavity. Nevertheless, it has been infrequently associated with more invasive infections, like lung abscess. It is extremely rare to have multisystemic involvement with S. anginosus group. We present a unique case of pulmonary and brain abscess due to S. anginosus in an immunocompetent patient.

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Figure 1
Brain MRI with contrast showing multiple ring-enhancing lesions and leptomeningeal enhancement.
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CT of the chest where left lower lobe cavitary lesion is evident.
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