Hemorrhagic pneumonia and upper lobe pulmonary cavitary lesion caused by Streptococcus pyogenes

A 33-year-old previously healthy man from Mexico who presented with massive hemoptysis, fevers, chills and found to have cavitary lesions in the right upper lobe of lung was highly suspicious for tuberculosis. The patient was treated with vancomycin, ceftriaxone, azithromycin and placed on isolation...

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Main Authors: Gayatri B Nair, Harish Gopalakrishna, Ricardo Conti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1877394