STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS LUNG ABSCESS WITH CORONAVIRUS 2019 PNEUMONIA
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Liver abscess associated with persistent Streptococcus anginosus bacteremia.
A 48-year-old Samoan man presented to Tupua Tamasese Hospital in Apia, Samoa, with a 3-day history of abdominal pain and fever. Abdominal ultrasonography showed a liver abscess measuring cm. Despite surgical drainage and ther-7 ϫ 8 apy with intravenous amoxycillin and clavulanic acid, high intermittent fevers persisted. An a-hemolytic streptococcus was isolated from the surgical specimens. The ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chest
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0012-3692
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.08.491