We report 3 cases of fulminant hemorrhagic pneumonia in previously health patients. Sudden-onset hemoptysis and dyspnea developed; all 3 patients and died <12 h later of massive pulmonary bleeding, despite aggressive supportive care. Postmortem analysis showed that the illnesses were caused by group A Streptococcus emm1/sequence type 28 strains
Santagati, M., Spanu Pennestri, T., Scillato, M., Santangelo, R., Cavallaro, F., Arena, V., Castiglione, G., Falcone, M., Venditti, M., Stefani, S., Rapidly fatal hemorrhagic pneumonia and group A Streptococcus serotype M1, <<EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES>>, 2014; 20 (1): 98-101. [doi:10.3201/eid2001.130233] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/56704]
Rapidly fatal hemorrhagic pneumonia and group A Streptococcus serotype M1
Spanu Pennestri, Teresa;Santangelo, Rosaria;Cavallaro, Fabio;Arena, Vincenzo;
2014
Abstract
We report 3 cases of fulminant hemorrhagic pneumonia in previously health patients. Sudden-onset hemoptysis and dyspnea developed; all 3 patients and died <12 h later of massive pulmonary bleeding, despite aggressive supportive care. Postmortem analysis showed that the illnesses were caused by group A Streptococcus emm1/sequence type 28 strains
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