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Severe acute otitis media caused by mucoid Streptococcus pyogenes in a previously healthy adult.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Apr 2014
Kakuta Risako, Yano Hisakazu, Hidaka Hiroshi, Miyazaki Hiromitsu, Irimada Mihoko, Oda Kiyoshi, Arai Kazuaki, Ozawa Daiki, Takahashi Takashi, Kaku Mitsuo, Katori Yukio
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus (S.) pyogenes is well recognized as the most common pathogen causing pharyngotonsillitis in school-age children. In Japan, mucoid Streptococcus pneumoniae is well known as a causative agent of severe acute otitis media (AOM); however, mucoid S. pyogenes has rarely been reported. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an AOM patient caused by mucoid S. pyogenes in Japan. A...
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