We herein report the case of 75-year-old Japanese female with a community-acquired lung
abscess attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. penumoniae) which extended into the …

Lung abscess due to Streptococcus pneumoniae: a case series and brief review of the literature
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Lung abscess has been considered to be a rare complication of pneumococcal infection,
and most cases are reported to be Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3. A 67-year-old …

Reported here is the case of an apparently immunocompetent patient with Streptococcus
pneumoniae pneumonia and bacteremia who presented with abscesses in multiple soft …

A 55-year-old female with hypertension presented to our facility with complicated
pneumonia. She complained of progressively worsening shortness of breath and pleuritic …

We report an atypical case of lung abscess occurring in a 73-year-old female who suffered
from diabetes for more than 20 years. In 1993 she had a total gasterectomy for gastric …

We experienced a case of a 76-year-old man who developed a splenic abscess while
undergoing treatment for interstitial pneumonia. Splenic abscess-like abnormal intensities …

Tuberculous pericarditis usually presents as an insidious progressive disease. This chronic
pericardial inflammation can lead to hemodynamic consequences, which may appear as the …

An elderly man had several weeks of night sweats, weight loss, and an anterior mediastinal
mass on chest radiography. Computed tomographic-guided needle aspiration was …

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of community-acquired pneumonia, otitis
media, paranasal sinusitis, bacteremia and meningitis, as well as osteomyelitis and …