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Case Reports
. 1983 Feb;17(2):386-8.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.17.2.386-388.1983.

Streptococcus equisimilis Pneumonia in a compromised host

A D Siefkin, D L Peterson, B Hansen
Case Reports

Streptococcus equisimilis Pneumonia in a compromised host

A D Siefkin et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1983 Feb.

Abstract

A fatal case of Streptococcus equisimilis pneumonia and septicemia is described in a young man with Hodgkin's disease. The disease course consisted of exudative pharyngitis, macular rash, septic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolization. S. equisimilis was isolated from blood, throat, and sputum cultures antemortem and from lung cultures at autopsy.

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