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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 04 1997, 985-987, Vol 35, No. 4
Copyright © 1997 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Infected abdominal aortic aneurysm due to penicillin-, ceftriaxone-, and cefotaxime-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

WE Albrecht, CJ Papasian, DM Bamberger, R Fiorella and SW Riddell
Department of Pathology, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA.

The clinical course for a patient hospitalized with pneumonia and meningitis due to penicillin-, ceftriaxone-, and cefotaxime-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae is described. The pneumonia and meningitis responded to antimicrobial therapy, but the patient died following rupture of an infected abdominal aortic aneurysm; gram-positive cocci resembling S. pneumoniae were detected within the aneurysm.

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