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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 31
| Issue : 3 | Page : 310-312 |
Streptococcus pasteurianus septicemia
D Alex1, DF Garvin1, SM Peters2
1 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital/MedStar Health, Washington, USA
2 Department of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Immunology, Flow Cytometry and Molecular Diagnostics, Georgetown University Hospital/MedStar Health, Washington, USA
Correspondence Address:
S M Peters
Department of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Immunology, Flow Cytometry and Molecular Diagnostics, Georgetown University Hospital/MedStar Health, Washington
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.115668
Streptococcus pasteurianus is part of the normal flora of the intestine. It has also been isolated from various infection sites. However, to date it has not been reported as a cause of fulminant septicemia and death. We report the post-mortem findings in a splenectomized hemophiliac patient with cirrhosis and concurrent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections.
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