Rapidly Fatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia and Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1

Santagati, Maria; Spanu, Teresa; Scillato, Marina; Santangelo, Rosaria; Cavallaro, Fabio; Arena, Vincenzo; Castiglione, Giacomo; Falcone, Marco; Venditti, Mario; Stefani, Stefania

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Rapidly Fatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia and Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1

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Jan 2013
By Santagati, Maria ; Spanu, Teresa ; Scillato, Marina ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Santagati, Maria ; Spanu, Teresa ; Scillato, Marina ; Santangelo, Rosaria ; Cavallaro, Fabio ; Arena, Vincenzo ; Castiglione, Giacomo ; Falcone, Marco ; Venditti, Mario ; Stefani, Stefania
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We report 3 cases of fulminant hemorrhagic pneumonia in previously health patients. Sudden-onset hemoptysis and dyspnea developed; all 3 patients and died <12 h later of massive pulmonary bleeding, despite aggressive supportive care. Postmortem analysis showed that the illnesses were caused by group A Streptococcus emm1/sequence type 28 strains.
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Bacteria Dispatch GAS Group A Streptococcus Hemorrhagic Pneumonia Serotype M1 Streptococci
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Emerg Infect Dis. 20(1):98-101.
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Journal Article
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20
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1
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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