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1: Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung. 2001;48(2):147-50.Click here to read Links

Group-F streptococcal pleuro-pericarditis in a mesothelioma patient after dental surgery (case report).

Berek Z, Várnai Z, Magyar P, Rozgonyi F.

Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, P.O. Box 370, H-1445 Budapest, Hungary.

A 71-year-old mesothelioma patient developed pleuro-pericarditis and pleural empyema. Bacteriological examinations and serological identification proved group F Streptococcus in the pleural fluid. Anamnestic data suggested that the source of infection might have been the oral cavity after dental surgery.

PMID: 11233692 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]