Clinical Reports
Vol. 32 No. 4 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.7082

Multiple lung abscesses caused by Streptococcus constellatus

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Received: 20 September 2017
Published: 16 February 2018
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Streptococcus constellatus, Streptococcus milleri group, lung abscess, pneumonia

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Vanina Rognoni
U.S.S. Microbiologia, ASST Lodi, Italy.
Annalisa Malara
U.S.C. Terapia Intensiva e Subintensiva, ASST Lodi, Italy.
Enrico Storti
U.S.C. Terapia Intensiva e Subintensiva, ASST Lodi, Italy.
Adriano Anesi
adriano.anesi@asst-lodi.it
U.S.S. Microbiologia, ASST Lodi, Italy.
Despite numerous descriptions of body abscesses produced by Streptococcus milleri group bacteria, lung abscesses caused by this group remain under-reported and the clinical and laboratory features have yet to be fully characterised. We present the case of a patient admitted with lung multiple abscesses produced by Streptococcus constellatus.

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Multiple lung abscesses caused by Streptococcus constellatus. (2018). Microbiologia Medica, 32(4). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.7082

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