Etiology and outcome of community-acquired lung abscess

N Takayanagi, N Kagiyama, T Ishiguro, D Tokunaga… - Respiration, 2010 - karger.com
lung abscess, the Streptococcus species, has been changed. Before 1974, microaerophilic
streptococci … with identified etiologic pathogens: 24 patients with Streptococcus mitis, 17 with …

Empyema thoracis and lung abscess caused by viridans streptococci

JS Jerng, PR Hsueh, LJ Teng, LN Lee… - American journal of …, 1997 - atsjournals.org
… to viridans streptococci empyema or lung abscess in the present study, no patients had
neutropenia or bacteremia during their episodes of empyema and/or lung abscess. The majority …

A Case of Infective Endocarditis and Spinal Epidural Abscess Caused by Streptococcus mitis Bacteremia

VS Byrd, AS Nemeth - Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… This case demonstrates that Streptococcus mitis can result in clinically significant bacteremia,
particularly in immunocompromised patients, including chronic heavy alcohol users. …

Diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of lung abscess.

AA Loukeri, CF Kampolis, P Tomos… - …, 2015 - search.ebscohost.com
… microaerophilic Streptococci(Streptococcus mitis ή mileri)7,8 and Gram negative bacteria
like Klebsiella pneumoniae have been identified in Asian populations.Lung abscesses due to …

[HTML][HTML] Streptococcus mitis strains causing severe clinical disease in cancer patients

SA Shelburne, P Sahasrabhojane… - Emerging infectious …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… The genetically diverse viridans group streptococci (VGS) are increasingly recognized as …
strains causing bacteremia in patients with cancer; Streptococcus mitis (68 patients) and S. …

[HTML][HTML] A case report of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus mitis in a healthy adult

X Chen, YY Gong, L Zhang - BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 - Springer
… group A Streptococcus and is rarely caused by Streptococcus mitis (S. mitis). In healthy adults,
S. … associated with group A Streptococcus and is rarely caused by Streptococcus mitis (S. …

A community-acquired lung abscess attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae which extended directly into the chest wall

Y Ko, K Tobino, Y Yasuda, T Sueyasu… - Internal …, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… common pathogens for a community-acquired lung abscess (CALA) reported in the … to
Streptococcus species, Streptococcus mitis is the most frequently identified strain - Streptococcus

[HTML][HTML] Vacuum-assisted closure for chest wall reconstruction infection caused by Streptococcus mitis after surgery of lung cancer: a case report

N Motono, T Mizoguchi, M Ishikawa, S Iwai, Y Iijima… - Surgical Case …, 2024 - Springer
mitis) has been individually identified as a part of the normal oropharyngeal flora, and
has been mostly reported in cases of bacterial endocarditis and lung abscess through the …

Major Outbreak of Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus mitis

HZ Lu, XH Weng, B Zhu, H Li, YK Yin… - Journal of Clinical …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
mitis, one of the more common species of viridans streptococci, has generally been …
The first patient presented with empyema and lung abscess, and the second presented with …

Streptococcus mitis: a cause of serious infection in adults

BA Catto, MR Jacobs, DM Shlaes - Archives of internal medicine, 1987 - jamanetwork.com
… \s=b\Twenty strains of Streptococcus mitis were isolated from blood or body fluids at the …
Two of five died; one death was directly attributable to S mitis infection. Eighteen strains …