TY - JOUR
T1 - Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in mixed connective tissue disease
AU - Yuhara, Takamichi
AU - Takemura, Hiroyuki
AU - Akama, Takao
AU - Yamane, Kazuhide
AU - Sumida, Takayuki
PY - 2000/1/9
Y1 - 2000/1/9
N2 - A 42-year-old man was hospitalized because of chills, fever, and severe polyarthralgia. He had a 5-year history of mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) with polyarthritis which had been treated with a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug alone. On the second day of hospitalization, necrotizing fasciitis of the right leg developed. Streptococcus pneumoniae was later detected in a blood culture. Pneumococcal infections of the soft tissues are uncommon, and have been reported in immunosuppressed patients and patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. This is the first report of a case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by S. pneumoniae in a patient with MCTD.
AB - A 42-year-old man was hospitalized because of chills, fever, and severe polyarthralgia. He had a 5-year history of mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) with polyarthritis which had been treated with a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug alone. On the second day of hospitalization, necrotizing fasciitis of the right leg developed. Streptococcus pneumoniae was later detected in a blood culture. Pneumococcal infections of the soft tissues are uncommon, and have been reported in immunosuppressed patients and patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. This is the first report of a case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by S. pneumoniae in a patient with MCTD.
KW - Mixed connective tissue disease
KW - Necrotizing fasciitis
KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae
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U2 - 10.3109/s101650070029
DO - 10.3109/s101650070029
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:65249182412
SN - 1439-7595
VL - 10
SP - 180
EP - 182
JO - Modern Rheumatology
JF - Modern Rheumatology
IS - 3
ER -