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J Med Microbiol 57 (2008), 674-675; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47641-0
© 2008 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Case Report

A case of pharyngitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae

Vincenzo Savini1, Marco Favaro2, Carla Fontana2, Nicola Pietro Consilvio3, Assunta Manna1, Marzia Talia1, Chiara Catavitello1, Andrea Balbinot1, Fabio Febbo1, Giovanni Di Bonaventura4, Nicola Di Giuseppe5 and Domenico D'Antonio1

1 Unità Operativa Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia Clinica, Dipartimento di Medicina Trasfusionale, Ospedale Civile Spirito Santo, Pescara, Italy

2 Dipartimento di Microbiologia Clinica, Policlinico Torvergata, Roma, Italy

3 Clinica Pediatrica, Ospedale Clinicizzato SS Annunziata, Chieti, Italy

4 Laboratorio di Microbiologia Clinica, Centro Studi Invecchiamento (Ce.S.I.), Università Degli Studi Gabriele D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy

5 Dipartimento di Otorinolaringoiatria e Chirurgia Cervico-Facciale, Ospedale Civile Spirito Santo, Pescara, Italy

Correspondence
Vincenzo Savini
vincsavi{at}yahoo.it

Received 19 September 2007
Accepted 15 January 2008

Throat cultures from an adult pharyngitis patient yielded Streptococcus pneumoniae as a single organism, with a very high bacterial count. The isolate was found to be macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistant, and the same strain was cultured from the patient's denture washing solution. Ceftriaxone therapy, a gradual reduction in the bacterial count and progressive clinical improvement proceeded at the same pace, so we labelled this clinical case as a pneumococcal pharyngitis.






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