RESUMO
Tonsillitis is a common disease especially of children and young adults. The diagnosis of tonsillitis generally requires the consideration of Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci infection. Pneumonia is an inflammation of the alveoli and terminal airspaces in response to invasion by an infectious agent that is introduced into the lungs through hematogenous spread or inhalation. We present a case of a concurrent acute tonsillitis and pneumonia due to S. pyogenes. To our knowledge, a similar case has not been previously described in the literature.
Assuntos
Pneumonia Bacteriana/microbiologia , Infecções Estreptocócicas/microbiologia , Streptococcus pyogenes/isolamento & purificação , Tonsilite/microbiologia , Adulto , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Humanos , Pneumonia Bacteriana/diagnóstico , Pneumonia Bacteriana/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções Estreptocócicas/diagnóstico , Infecções Estreptocócicas/tratamento farmacológico , Tonsilite/diagnóstico , Tonsilite/tratamento farmacológico , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
An abnormal origin of the left common carotid artery is rare. A 71-year-old male was presented with a cough, fever and dyspnea. A chest radiography revealed a widening of the superior mediastinum. An abnormal origin of the left common carotid artery by innominate artery was diagnosed by angiography.