TY - JOUR
T1 - Rapidly fatal hemorrhagic pneumonia and group A Streptococcus serotype M1
AU - Santagati, M
AU - Spanu, Teresa
AU - Scillato, M
AU - Santangelo, Rosaria
AU - Cavallaro, Fabio
AU - Arena, Vincenzo
AU - Castiglione, G
AU - Falcone, M
AU - Venditti, M
AU - Stefani, S.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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
AB - 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
KW - Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1
KW - Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1
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U2 - 10.3201/eid2001.130233
DO - 10.3201/eid2001.130233
M3 - Article
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 20
SP - 98
EP - 101
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 1
ER -