We report 3 cases of fulminant hemorrhagic pneumonia in previously health patients. Sudden-onset hemoptysis and dyspnea developed; all 3 patients and died <12 h later of massive pulmonary bleeding, despite aggressive supportive care. Postmortem analysis showed that the illnesses were caused by group A Streptococcus emm1/sequence type 28 strains.

We report 3 cases of fulminant hemorrhagic pneumonia in previously health patients. Sudden-onset hemoptysis and dyspnea developed; all 3 patients and died <12 h later of massive pulmonary bleeding, despite aggressive supportive care. Postmortem analysis showed that the illnesses were caused by group A Streptococcus emm1/sequence type 28 strains.

Rapidly Fatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia and Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1 / Maria, Santagati; Teresa, Spanu; Marina, Scillato; Rosaria, Santangelo; Fabio, Cavallaro; Vincenzo, Arena; Giacomo, Castiglione; Falcone, Marco; Venditti, Mario; Stefania, Stefani. - In: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 1080-6040. - 20:1(2014), pp. 98-101. [10.3201/eid2001.130233]

Rapidly Fatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia and Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1

FALCONE, MARCO;VENDITTI, Mario;
2014

Abstract

We report 3 cases of fulminant hemorrhagic pneumonia in previously health patients. Sudden-onset hemoptysis and dyspnea developed; all 3 patients and died <12 h later of massive pulmonary bleeding, despite aggressive supportive care. Postmortem analysis showed that the illnesses were caused by group A Streptococcus emm1/sequence type 28 strains.
2014
We report 3 cases of fulminant hemorrhagic pneumonia in previously health patients. Sudden-onset hemoptysis and dyspnea developed; all 3 patients and died <12 h later of massive pulmonary bleeding, despite aggressive supportive care. Postmortem analysis showed that the illnesses were caused by group A Streptococcus emm1/sequence type 28 strains.
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Rapidly Fatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia and Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1 / Maria, Santagati; Teresa, Spanu; Marina, Scillato; Rosaria, Santangelo; Fabio, Cavallaro; Vincenzo, Arena; Giacomo, Castiglione; Falcone, Marco; Venditti, Mario; Stefania, Stefani. - In: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 1080-6040. - 20:1(2014), pp. 98-101. [10.3201/eid2001.130233]
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