Rapidly Fatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia and Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1

We report 3 cases of fulminant hemorrhagic pneumonia in previously health patients. Sudden-onset hemoptysis and dyspnea developed; all 3 patients and died <12 h later of massive pulmonary bleeding, despite aggressive supportive care. Postmortem analysis showed that the illnesses were caused by gr...

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Autores principales: Santagati, Maria, Spanu, Teresa, Scillato, Marina, Santangelo, Rosaria, Cavallaro, Fabio, Arena, Vincenzo, Castiglione, Giacomo, Falcone, Marco, Venditti, Mario, Stefani, Stefania
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3884710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24520561
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2001.130233
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author Santagati, Maria
Spanu, Teresa
Scillato, Marina
Santangelo, Rosaria
Cavallaro, Fabio
Arena, Vincenzo
Castiglione, Giacomo
Falcone, Marco
Venditti, Mario
Stefani, Stefania
author_facet Santagati, Maria
Spanu, Teresa
Scillato, Marina
Santangelo, Rosaria
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Arena, Vincenzo
Castiglione, Giacomo
Falcone, Marco
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description We report 3 cases of fulminant hemorrhagic pneumonia in previously health patients. Sudden-onset hemoptysis and dyspnea developed; all 3 patients and died <12 h later of massive pulmonary bleeding, despite aggressive supportive care. Postmortem analysis showed that the illnesses were caused by group A Streptococcus emm1/sequence type 28 strains.
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spelling pubmed-38847102014-01-08 Rapidly Fatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia and Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1 Santagati, Maria Spanu, Teresa Scillato, Marina Santangelo, Rosaria Cavallaro, Fabio Arena, Vincenzo Castiglione, Giacomo Falcone, Marco Venditti, Mario Stefani, Stefania Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report 3 cases of fulminant hemorrhagic pneumonia in previously health patients. Sudden-onset hemoptysis and dyspnea developed; all 3 patients and died <12 h later of massive pulmonary bleeding, despite aggressive supportive care. Postmortem analysis showed that the illnesses were caused by group A Streptococcus emm1/sequence type 28 strains. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3884710/ /pubmed/24520561 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2001.130233 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Venditti, Mario
Stefani, Stefania
Rapidly Fatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia and Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1
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title_full Rapidly Fatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia and Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1
title_fullStr Rapidly Fatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia and Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1
title_full_unstemmed Rapidly Fatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia and Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1
title_short Rapidly Fatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia and Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1
title_sort rapidly fatal hemorrhagic pneumonia and group a streptococcus serotype m1
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3884710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24520561
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2001.130233
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