FULMINANT SEPTICEMIA DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS-MILLERI INFECTION IN A PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY ADULT

A 59-year-old previously healthy female developed purulent pharyngitis leading rapidly to neck cellulitis, septicaemic shock and fatal cardi ac arrest despite appropriate antibiotic therapy. Streptococcus miller i was isolated from a submandibular abscess, cellulitic neck tissue an d blood cultures. Fulminant septicaemia due to this group of organisms is relatively uncommon and usually occurs in the immunocompromised or otherwise chronically unwell.