Incomplete Kawasaki Disease Associated with Complicated Streptococcus pyogenes Pneumonia: A Case Report
A three-year-old boy presented with community-acquired pneumonia complicated by empyema. Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus) was identified on culture of the pleural fluid. The patient improved with antibiotic therapy and drainage of the empyema.
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| description | A three-year-old boy presented with community-acquired pneumonia complicated by empyema. Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus) was identified on culture of the pleural fluid. The patient improved with antibiotic therapy and drainage of the empyema. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-eda94e05008048a0917809330fc860592025-02-03T01:25:44ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322012-01-0123313713910.1155/2012/638357Incomplete Kawasaki Disease Associated with Complicated Streptococcus pyogenes Pneumonia: A Case ReportTimothy Ronan Leahy0Eyal Cohen1Upton D Allen2Children’s University Hospital and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, IrelandDivision of Infectious Diseases; Division of Paediatric Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Infectious Diseases; Division of Paediatric Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaA three-year-old boy presented with community-acquired pneumonia complicated by empyema. Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus) was identified on culture of the pleural fluid. The patient improved with antibiotic therapy and drainage of the empyema.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/638357 |
| spellingShingle | Timothy Ronan Leahy Eyal Cohen Upton D Allen Incomplete Kawasaki Disease Associated with Complicated Streptococcus pyogenes Pneumonia: A Case Report Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | Incomplete Kawasaki Disease Associated with Complicated Streptococcus pyogenes Pneumonia: A Case Report |
| title_full | Incomplete Kawasaki Disease Associated with Complicated Streptococcus pyogenes Pneumonia: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Incomplete Kawasaki Disease Associated with Complicated Streptococcus pyogenes Pneumonia: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incomplete Kawasaki Disease Associated with Complicated Streptococcus pyogenes Pneumonia: A Case Report |
| title_short | Incomplete Kawasaki Disease Associated with Complicated Streptococcus pyogenes Pneumonia: A Case Report |
| title_sort | incomplete kawasaki disease associated with complicated streptococcus pyogenes pneumonia a case report |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/638357 |
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