Huerta MA, Gómez TV, Monroy CVA, de Colsa RA

Language: Spanish
References: 11
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ABSTRACT

Streptococcus pyogenes is an uncommon cause of community acquired pneumonia. It is rare in adults and is seen more frequently in pediatric patients, in whom can cause lung parenchymal involvement and occasionally pleural purulent effusion. We report a case of a two years old female patient, diagnosed with complex partial epilepsy and symptomatic community-acquired pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (group A on Lancefield classification) complicated with pleural effusion. The following description highlights the importance of considering Streptococcus pyogenes as the causative agent of invasive disease although this organism is an uncommon agent of community-acquired pneumonia, because it is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in some cases with a fulminant clinical course.

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