Rapidly fatal hemorrhagic pneumonia and group A Streptococcus serotype M1

M Santagati; Teresa Spanu; M Scillato; Rosaria Santangelo; Fabio Cavallaro; Vincenzo Arena; G Castiglione; M Falcone; M Venditti; S. Stefani

doi:10.3201/eid2001.130233

Rapidly fatal hemorrhagic pneumonia and group A Streptococcus serotype M1

M Santagati
, Teresa Spanu
, M Scillato
, Rosaria Santangelo
, Fabio Cavallaro
, Vincenzo Arena
, G Castiglione
, M Falcone
, M Venditti
, S. Stefani^*

^*Corresponding author

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Abstract

We report 3 cases of fulminant hemorrhagic pneumonia\r\nin previously health patients. Sudden-onset hemoptysis\r\nand dyspnea developed; all 3 patients and died <12 h later\r\nof massive pulmonary bleeding, despite aggressive supportive\r\ncare. Postmortem analysis showed that the illnesses\r\nwere caused by group A Streptococcus emm1/sequence type 28 strains

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	98-101
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2001.130233
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1

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