PMID: 9435045Jan 1, 1997Paper

Cellulitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae with diminished susceptibility to penicillin in an immunocompromised patient

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
B SouweineL Gilain

Abstract

A 74-year-old man with multiple myeloma developed facial and cervical cellulitis and severe sepsis as a complication of surgery (alar region basal cell carcinoma). The etiological agent was, surprisingly, penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (PRSP). The patient successfully received 16 days of antibiotics. Amoxicillin was given as monotherapy during the last 14 days of treatment. PRSP can be responsible not only for otitis media, pneumonia or meningitis, but also for various other types of infection in patients with predisposing factors.

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Mar 21, 2007·European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases : Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology·J M Garcia-LechuzUNKNOWN Spanish Pneumococcal Study Network
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