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Streptococcus pyogenes pneumonia with abscess formation
H D McIntyre1, J G Armstrong, C A Mitchell
1Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Qld, Australia.
Abstract:
A 30-year-old female with mild asthma presented with high fever, hypotension, pleuritic chest pain, vomiting and diarrhea. Chest radiograph showed consolidation of the right upper lobe, and S. pyogenes was cultured from blood and sputum. Following initial rapid recovery the patient relapsed ten days after antibiotics were ceased, with rapid development of a large abscess cavity. Clinical improvement occurred following reinstitution of treatment including intravenous penicillin. Progressive radiological resolution eventuated during outpatient follow-up. This case demonstrates that S. pyogenes pneumonia may occur without an antecedent viral infection or major predisposing condition, cause rapid cavitation despite antiobiotic therapy and resolve satisfactorily with prolonged penicillin therapy.
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