PARENCHYMATOUS ABSCESSES IN SEPTICEMIA CA USED BY STREPTOCOCCUS-ANGINOSUS (STREPTOCOCCUS-MILLERI) - INTEREST IN SYSTEMATICALLY SEARCHING FOR THEM - REPORT OF 4 CASES

Streptococcus anginosus, the term suggested to cover a set of streptoc occi previously known under various names (milleri, MG, anginosus, int ermedius, constellatus), is characterized by a propensity to create pa renchymatous abscesses, essentially cerebral or hepatic, particularly within the terms of septicemia. These abscesses are sometimes difficul t to detect due to a difficult or non-existent symptomatology. The aut hors report on four cases illustrating the necessity to search for the m systematically by cerebral CT scan and abdominal echography or CT sc an in all cases of septicemia caused by Streptococcus anginosus.