PNEUMOCOCCAL SOFT-TISSUE INFECTIONS - A PROBLEM DESERVING MORE RECOGNITION

Authors
PATEL M AHRENS JC MOYER DV DINUBILE MJ
Citation
M. Patel et al., PNEUMOCOCCAL SOFT-TISSUE INFECTIONS - A PROBLEM DESERVING MORE RECOGNITION, Clinical infectious diseases, 19(1), 1994, pp. 149-151
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
149 - 151
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1994)19:1<149:PSI-AP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Streptococcus pneumoniae is an uncommonly recognized etiology of soft- tissue infections. Our experience suggests that pneumococci can cause serious infections of soft tissues, especially in patients with connec tive-tissue diseases. Systemic lupus erythematosus was an underlying c ondition in three of the six patients described in the present report.