Invasive Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infection Causing Cardioembolic Stroke: A Clinical Proximity to Austrian Syndrome

Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is a significant human bacterial pathogen and the major cause of pneumonia. In the post-antibiotic era, S. pneumoniae endocarditis is rare but carries a high risk of central nervous system (CNS) involvement. We present a case of invasive S. pneumoniae infecti...

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Autores principales: Pawar, Nilesh H, Nickalls, Oliver J, Tan, Keng Leong, Ho, Vui K, Ng, Shin Yi, Loh, Jiashen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5815650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29487774
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1960
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author Pawar, Nilesh H
Nickalls, Oliver J
Tan, Keng Leong
Ho, Vui K
Ng, Shin Yi
Loh, Jiashen
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description Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is a significant human bacterial pathogen and the major cause of pneumonia. In the post-antibiotic era, S. pneumoniae endocarditis is rare but carries a high risk of central nervous system (CNS) involvement. We present a case of invasive S. pneumoniae infection, which led to a cardioembolic stroke in a young man from septic emboli. Diagnosing a disseminated S. pneumoniae infection at an early stage is crucial and may improve patient outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-58156502018-02-27 Invasive Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infection Causing Cardioembolic Stroke: A Clinical Proximity to Austrian Syndrome Pawar, Nilesh H Nickalls, Oliver J Tan, Keng Leong Ho, Vui K Ng, Shin Yi Loh, Jiashen Cureus Neurology Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is a significant human bacterial pathogen and the major cause of pneumonia. In the post-antibiotic era, S. pneumoniae endocarditis is rare but carries a high risk of central nervous system (CNS) involvement. We present a case of invasive S. pneumoniae infection, which led to a cardioembolic stroke in a young man from septic emboli. Diagnosing a disseminated S. pneumoniae infection at an early stage is crucial and may improve patient outcomes. Cureus 2017-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5815650/ /pubmed/29487774 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1960 Text en Copyright © 2017, Pawar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Pawar, Nilesh H
Nickalls, Oliver J
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Ho, Vui K
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Loh, Jiashen
Invasive Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infection Causing Cardioembolic Stroke: A Clinical Proximity to Austrian Syndrome
title Invasive Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infection Causing Cardioembolic Stroke: A Clinical Proximity to Austrian Syndrome
title_full Invasive Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infection Causing Cardioembolic Stroke: A Clinical Proximity to Austrian Syndrome
title_fullStr Invasive Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infection Causing Cardioembolic Stroke: A Clinical Proximity to Austrian Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Invasive Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infection Causing Cardioembolic Stroke: A Clinical Proximity to Austrian Syndrome
title_short Invasive Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infection Causing Cardioembolic Stroke: A Clinical Proximity to Austrian Syndrome
title_sort invasive streptococcus pneumoniae infection causing cardioembolic stroke: a clinical proximity to austrian syndrome
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5815650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29487774
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1960
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