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Rare Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumonia with Bacteremia and Multiple Subcutaneous Abscesses

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Reported here is the case of an apparently immunocompetent patient with Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia and bacteremia who presented with abscesses in multiple soft tissue sites. This unusual presentation provided a purulent aspirate for presumptive etiologic diagnosis by a Gram-stained smear.

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  1. Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Harper University Hospital, 3990 John R, Detroit, MI 48201, USA, USA

    S. Lerner

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4201 St. Antoine/UHC-2E, Detroit, MI 48201, USA, USA

    G. Shahin

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Shahin, G., Lerner, S. Rare Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumonia with Bacteremia and Multiple Subcutaneous Abscesses. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 21, 611–612 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-002-0777-2

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