TY - JOUR
T1 - Bilateral pulmonary abscesses caused by streptococcus pyogenes
T2 - Diagnostic importance of fiberoptic bronchoscopy
AU - Clementsen, Paul
AU - Milman, Nils
PY - 1994/1/1
Y1 - 1994/1/1
N2 - A patient with bilateral pulmonary abscesses caused by Streptococcus pyogenes is described. This bacterium is an uncommon cause of pneumonia. Metastatic foci of infection, e.g. abscess formation, may follow bacteremic spread of S. pyogenes. However, such complications are rare and the occurrence of bilateral pulmonary abscesses has not been described earlier. In the present case the diagnosis was established by fiberoptic bronchoscopy with bronchial washing.
AB - A patient with bilateral pulmonary abscesses caused by Streptococcus pyogenes is described. This bacterium is an uncommon cause of pneumonia. Metastatic foci of infection, e.g. abscess formation, may follow bacteremic spread of S. pyogenes. However, such complications are rare and the occurrence of bilateral pulmonary abscesses has not been described earlier. In the present case the diagnosis was established by fiberoptic bronchoscopy with bronchial washing.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0028560475&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/00365549409008647
DO - 10.3109/00365549409008647
M3 - Article
C2 - 7747102
AN - SCOPUS:0028560475
SN - 0036-5548
VL - 26
SP - 755
EP - 757
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 6
ER -