Case Report: Lung Abscess Caused by Streptococcus agalactiae

Obase, Yasushi; Higashiyama, Yasuhito; Shimafuji, T; Yamaguchi, Yoshio; Nakayama, Haruo; Mori, Naohisa; Ishino, Toru; Hirakata, Yoichi; K, Tomono; Kohno, S

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“…GBS infection induce skin and soft tissue infections such as diabetic foot infection (Petersen et al, 2010), necrotizing fasciitis (Lee et al, 2008), multiple loculated shoulder abscess (Varughese et al, 2008), scrotal subcutaneous abscess (Takemura et al, 2000) and pyomyositis (Walling et al, 1991) in diabetic patients. GBS causes respiratory infections such as retropharyngeal phlegmon (Sapunar et al, 2008), lung abscess (Obase et al, 1997), subphrenic abscess (Kawasaki et al, 1985), and empyema (George et al, 1987), and also causes urological infections in diabetic patients (Turan et al, 2008;Amisano et al, 1994). Systemic GBS infections in diabetic patients such as postsplenectomy sepsis (Fish et al, 1985), bacteremia (Colford et al, 1995), infective endocarditis (Ivanova et al, 2010) have been reported.…”

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Group B streptococcus infection and diabetes: A review

Yanai¹,

Hamasaki²,

Tsuda³

et al. 2012

J. Microbiol. Antimicrob.

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Streptococcus agalactiae, a group B streptococcus (GBS), has been considered to be a major pathogen in neonates and pregnant women. Recently, there is accumulating concern about its significance for pathogenesis in non-pregnant adult patients. Diabetes is one of the most important underlying diseases for the development of GBS infection. This review will focus on the risk factors and clinical manifestations of GBS infections, and also introduce two patients with hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome and diabetic ketosis who were complicated with pneumonia due to GBS.

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