Group B streptococcal necrotizing pneumonia in a diabetic adult patient

Pachá, Andréa; Luna Cian, Ramiro; Bonofiglio, Laura; Solari, Melisa; Strada, Virginia; Suárez, Mariana; Vigliarolo, Laura; Tersigni, Carina; Mollerach, Marta; Lopardo, Horacio

Group B streptococcal necrotizing pneumonia in a diabetic adult patient

2017

The aim of this report is to describe a rare case of necrotizing pneumonia due to group B Streptococcus serotype III in a relatively young male adult (48 years old) suffering from diabetes. The organism was isolated from his pleural fluid and was only resistant to tetracycline. The patient first received ceftazidime (2g/8h i.v.)+clindamycin (300mg/8h) for 18 days and then he was discharged home and orally treated with amoxicillin clavulanic acid (1g/12h) for 23 days with an uneventful evolution. As in the cases of invasive infection by Streptococcus pyogenes, clindamycin could prevent streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.

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AGROVOC Keywords

adults clindamycin diabetes males patients pneumonia septic shock serotypes streptococcus agalactiae

Bibliographic information

Published in

Revista argentina microbiología

Volume 49 Issue 2 Pagination 139 - 141 ISSN 0325-7541

Publisher

Elsevier España, S.L.U.

Other Subjects

Ceftazidime; Necrotizing pneumonia; Diabetic complications; Amoxicillin; Group b streptococcus; Streptococcus del grupo b; Neumonía necrosante; Streptococcus pyogenes

Language

English

Type

Text; Journal Article

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DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ram.2016.09.005

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