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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Mots clés AGROVOC

adults clindamycin diabetes males patients pneumonia septic shock serotypes streptococcus agalactiae

Informations bibliographiques

Publié dans

Revista argentina microbiología

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

Editeur

Elsevier España, S.L.U.

D'autres materias

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

Langue

anglais

Type

Journal Article; Text

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

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