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Published Online First: 31 May 2006. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.094847
Archives of Disease in Childhood 2006;91:779-780
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Viridans streptococci causing community acquired pneumonia

M Freitas1, A Castelo2, G Petty3, C E Gomes3, E Carvalho4

1 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Federal University of Para, UFPA, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Department of Infectious Disease, Federal University of Sao Paulo, UNIFESP/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
3 Department of Pediatrics, Pneumology Section, Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4 Department of Pediatrics, Infectology Section, Federal University of Sao Paulo, UNIFESP/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Rua Magno de Araújo, Vila dos Bancários, 20, Telegrafo, Belém, PA, Brazil, 66113-210; marlyf12{at}uol.com.br


ABSTRACT
In children under 5 years of age, presenting to the paediatric emergency room with clinical and radiological findings of pneumonia, viridans streptococci were isolated in 10/33 positive haemocultures as the only microorganism. Viridans streptococci should therefore not be ruled out as a cause of pneumonia.

Abbreviations: CAP, community acquired pneumonia; VS, viridans streptococci

Keywords: viridans streptococci; pneumonia; blood culture


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