Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Cause of Primary Lung Abscess in a Child

dc.contributor.author	MacDonald, Kelly S
dc.contributor.author	de Carvalho, Volia M
dc.contributor.author	Liebert, Lawrence
dc.contributor.author	Embree, Joanne E
dc.date.accessioned	2016-06-09T17:53:29Z
dc.date.available	2016-06-09T17:53:29Z
dc.date.issued	1993-1-1
dc.date.updated	2016-06-07T07:04:53Z
dc.description.abstract	A case of primary pneumococcal lung abscess in a five-year-old child is described. Secondary anaerobic infection as a cause of cavitation was excluded by bronchoscopic culture of the cavity. Streptococcus pneumoniae is a rare but recognized cause of lung abscess in healthy children.
dc.description.version	Peer Reviewed
dc.identifier.citation	Kelly S MacDonald, Volia M de Carvalho, Lawrence Liebert, and Joanne E Embree, “Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Cause of Primary Lung Abscess in a Child,” Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 232-234, 1993. doi:10.1155/1993/860767
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1993/860767
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31483
dc.language.rfc3066	en
dc.rights	open access	en_US
dc.rights.holder	Copyright © 1993 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.title	Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Cause of Primary Lung Abscess in a Child
dc.type	Journal Article

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