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. 2025;16(2):183-185.
doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2025.014.

A fulminant case of Streptococcus pyogenes bacteremic pneumonia

Ksenia Ivanova  1 , Daria Strelkova  2 , Svetlana Rachina  2 , Olga Kupriushina  2 , Svetlana Yatsyshina  3 , Marina Mamoshina  3 , Yulia Mikhailova  3 , Svetlana Kochetkova  2 , Elena Burmistrova  1 , Olga Ignatenko  4
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A fulminant case of Streptococcus pyogenes bacteremic pneumonia

Ksenia Ivanova et al. World J Emerg Med. 2025.
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Patient’s chest computed tomography at admission.
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