How an Opportunistic Infection Can Mess with Your Brain and Take Your Breath Away: A Rare Case of Simultaneous Lung and Brain Abscess due to Streptococcus anginosus. (1st April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Al-Saffar, Farah; Torres-Miranda, Daisy; Ibrahim, Saif; Shujaat, Adil
• Other Names: Shibata Tomoyuki Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in infectious diseases. Volume 2015(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-04-01
• Subjects: Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Case studies -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases; Infectious Disease Medicine; Communicable diseases; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Case studies; Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1155/2015/462459
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6625

Abstract

Abstract : Streptococcus anginosus ( S. anginosus ) is considered a friendly bug and is a one of many different bacteria that constitute the normal flora of the oral cavity. Nevertheless, it has been infrequently associated with more invasive infections, like lung abscess. It is extremely rare to have multisystemic involvement with S. anginosus group. We present a unique case of pulmonary and brain abscess due to S. anginosus in an immunocompetent patient.