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Case Report

Lung Abscess Due to Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Case Series and Brief Review of the Literature

by
Antonello Nicolini
1,*,
Catia Cilloniz
2,
Renata Senarega
3,
Gianluca Ferraioli
4 and
Cornelius Barlascini
5
1
Respiratory Diseases Unit, General Hospital, Via Terzi 43, 16039 Sestri Levante, Italy
2
Department of Pneumology, Institut Clinic del Tórax, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona—Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona (UB)—SGR 911—Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (Ciberes), Barcelona, Spain
3
Radiology Department, General Hospital, 16039 Sestri Levante, Italy
4
Emergency Department ASL4 Chiavarese, Lavagna, Italy
5
Forensic Medicine ASL4 Chiavarese, Chiavari, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Adv. Respir. Med. 2014, 82(3), 276-285; https://doi.org/10.5603/PiAP.2014.0033
Submission received: 23 October 2013 / Revised: 30 April 2014 / Accepted: 30 April 2014 / Published: 30 April 2014

Abstract

Anaerobes used to be the most common cause of community-acquired lung abscess, and Streptococcus species used to be the second most common cause. In recent years, this has been changing. Klebsiella pneumoniae is now an increasing cause of community-acquired lung abscess, but Streptococcus species continue to be major pathogens. Necrotizing pneumonia has generally been regarded as a rare complication of pneumococcal infection in adults. Type 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae was the single most common type implicated in necrosis; however, many other serotypes were implicated. This entity predominately infects children, but is present also in adults. Lung abscess in adults due to Streptococcus pneumoniae is not common. In this regard we present a case series of pulmonary cavitation due to Streptococcus pneumoniae and discuss the possible pathogenic mechanism of the disease.
Keywords: lung abscess; Streptococcus pneumoniae; pathogenic mechanism lung abscess; Streptococcus pneumoniae; pathogenic mechanism

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Nicolini, A.; Cilloniz, C.; Senarega, R.; Ferraioli, G.; Barlascini, C. Lung Abscess Due to Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Case Series and Brief Review of the Literature. Adv. Respir. Med. 2014, 82, 276-285. https://doi.org/10.5603/PiAP.2014.0033

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Nicolini A, Cilloniz C, Senarega R, Ferraioli G, Barlascini C. Lung Abscess Due to Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Case Series and Brief Review of the Literature. Advances in Respiratory Medicine. 2014; 82(3):276-285. https://doi.org/10.5603/PiAP.2014.0033

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Nicolini, Antonello, Catia Cilloniz, Renata Senarega, Gianluca Ferraioli, and Cornelius Barlascini. 2014. "Lung Abscess Due to Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Case Series and Brief Review of the Literature" Advances in Respiratory Medicine 82, no. 3: 276-285. https://doi.org/10.5603/PiAP.2014.0033

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