Group C strep mediastinitis.
Am J Emerg Med
; 36(5): 907.e5-907.e9, 2018 May.
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ABSTRACT
This case is significant to the practice of emergency medicine because it represents the development of an uncommon and potentially fatal mediastinal infection from a commonly encountered and appropriately treated community respiratory pathogen. Most published reports on mediastinitis are those that are status-post cardiothoracic surgery. In our report, we discuss a case of a healthy, young individual who developed this morbid entity from extension of a simple respiratory infection where Group C Streptococcus has been isolated as the causative organism, which to our knowledge has not been previously reported. Further, this report outlines how a community acquired pneumonia progressed to a life threatening illness despite proper initial treatment per local and national guidelines.
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones Estreptocócicas
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Streptococcus
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Mediastinitis
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Emerg Med
Año:
2018
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Article