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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Santagati, Maria ; Spanu, Teresa ; Scillato, Marina ; Santangelo, Rosaria ; Cavallaro, Fabio ; ... More +
Santagati, Maria ; Spanu, Teresa ; Scillato, Marina ; Santangelo, Rosaria ; Cavallaro, Fabio ; Arena, Vincenzo ; Castiglione, Giacomo ; Falcone, Marco ; Venditti, Mario ; Stefani, Stefania ; Less -
Description:
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

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 20(1):98-101. ;
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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