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 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

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 …

Abscessing infection by Streptococcus mitis mimicking metastatic lesions in a 5-year-old girl with nephroblastoma: a case report

L Imhof, S Schrading, T Braunschweig… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
… of Streptococcus mitis associated liver and lung abscesses in … Opportunistic pathogens may
cause chronic abscesses in … that such abscesses can also be caused by Streptococcus mitis. …

[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 …

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

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

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Streptococcus mitis as a New Emerging Pathogen in Pediatric Age: Case Report and Systematic Review

C Colomba, V Garbo, G Boncori, C Albano, S Bagarello… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Streptococcus mitis, a normal inhabitant of the oral cavity, is a member of Viridans Group
Streptococci (VGS). … mitis is considered to have low pathogenic potential in immunocompetent …