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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Dispatch
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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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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