Child, Preschool ; Fatal Outcome ; Female ; Humans ; Respiratory Tract Infections ; complications ; Shock, Septic ; etiology ; Streptococcal Infections ; complications

Spontaneous rupture of colon cancer, combined with psoas abscess formation, is rare. A 44-year-old male visited for back pain and left buttock mass. Abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance image revealed a large abscess in the left psoas muscle and in the left lower quadrant area. Ten days after incision and drainage, a skin defect around the left anterior superior iliac spine remained. A local flap was performed using a superficial skin graft. Ten days after the stitches had been removed, fecal discharge was observed around the anterior superior iliac spine at the flap site. An operation was performed by a general surgeon who had diagnosed this as a case of enterocutaneous fistula. Operative findings included a ruptured tumor mass in the descending colon, which was connected to a retroperitoneal abscess. Pathologic report findings determined adenocarcinoma of the resected colon. Herein, we report a case of psoas abscess resulting from perforating colon cancer.
Adult ; Colonic Neoplasms/*complications ; Humans ; Male ; Psoas Abscess/*etiology ; Rupture, Spontaneous/complications ; Streptococcal Infections/*etiology

Measurements of serum C3 levels by the single radial immunodiffusion method using Helena plates were done in 41 patients with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis and in 25 healthy children. In 28 patients the sequential determination were done until returning the level above normal range. The mean value of serum C3 concentration in this group as a who1e was lower than in the control group and the difference was statistically significant (p < 0.001). The initial reduction of serum C3 concentration did not correlate with the severity of the acute phase of the disease. In those children with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis, serum C3 concentration returned to normal within six weeks.
Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Complement 3/analysis* ; Complement 3/deficiency ; Female ; Glomerulonephritis/etiology ; Glomerulonephritis/immunology* ; Human ; Male ; Streptococcal Infections/complications ; Streptococcal Infections/immunology*

Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Shock, Septic ; etiology ; microbiology ; Streptococcal Infections ; complications ; pathology

Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Meningitis, Bacterial ; etiology ; Streptococcal Infections ; complications ; Streptococcus agalactiae

Humans ; Pharyngitis ; complications ; microbiology ; Rheumatic Fever ; etiology ; Streptococcal Infections ; complications ; Streptococcus pyogenes

Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) is characterized by an abrupt onset of edema, hypertension, and hematuria. Life-threatening diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is rarely associated with acute PSGN. There have been only two reported cases worldwide, and no case has been reported previously in Korea. Here, we present a patient who clinically presented with pulmonary-renal syndrome; the renal histology revealed post-infectious glomerulonephritis of immune complex origin. A 59-yr-old woman was admitted with oliguria and hemoptysis two weeks after pharyngitis. Renal insufficiency rapidly progressed, and respiratory distress developed. Chest radiography showed acute progressive bilateral pulmonary infiltrates. The clinical presentation suggested DAH with PSGN. Three days after treatment with high-dose steroids, the respiratory distress and pulmonary infiltrates resolved. Electron microscopy of a renal biopsy specimen sample revealed diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis with characteristic subendothelial deposits of immune complex ("hump''). The renal function of the patient was restored, and the serum creatinine level was normalized after treatment.
Biopsy ; Female ; Glomerulonephritis/*etiology ; Hemorrhage/*etiology ; Humans ; Kidney/pathology ; Lung Diseases/etiology ; Middle Aged ; *Pulmonary Alveoli ; Streptococcal Infections/*complications

Transient bacteremia associated with various endoscopic procedures is a well-documented phenomenon. Clinically important bacteremias are very rarely seen, however, this malady has significant morbidity in susceptible patients with valvular heart disease, liver cirrhosis, malignancy and immune deficiency. This bacteremia is a complication that is generally observed secondary to upper endoscopy and other associated invasive procedures in at risk patients, and the more serious manifestations include spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, septic arthritis, meningitis, brain abscess and infective endocarditis. Infective endocarditis is an extremely rare complication of gastrointestinal endoscopy, and it has been convincingly documented in only seven cases. We report a case of native valve endocarditis due to Streptococcus intermedius in a patient with valvular heart disease as a consequence of routine upper endoscopy.
Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial/*etiology ; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal/*adverse effects ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Streptococcal Infections/*etiology ; Streptococcus intermedius/*isolation & purification

Animals ; Humans ; Occupational Exposure ; adverse effects ; Streptococcal Infections ; epidemiology ; etiology ; pathology ; prevention & control ; Streptococcus suis ; immunology ; physiology ; Vaccination

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Animals ; Biopsy ; Female ; Glomerulonephritis/*etiology ; Hemorrhage/*etiology ; Humans ; Kidney/pathology ; Lung Diseases/etiology ; Mice ; Middle Aged ; *Pulmonary Alveoli ; Streptococcal Infections/*complications