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标题：Streptococcus constellatus as an aetiological factor of extensive neck phlegmon complicated by sepsis – case study
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作者：Joanna Bilska-Stokłosa ; Hanna Tomczak ; Katarzyna Hampelska 等
期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2019
卷号：26
期号：2
页码：1-4
DOI：10.26444/aaem/93735
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction. Streptococcus constellatus are opportunistic microorganisms. When immunocompromised patients with concomitant systemic diseases are infected with S.constellatus, the bacteria may cause sepsis. Case study. A patient was admitted to hospital due to septic shock and multi-organ dysfunction in the course of neck phlegmon. The microbiological system identified S. constellatus in the patient who worked as a dog groomer. These facts confirmed that this aetiological factor may have caused such a serious infection because S. constellatus is a bacterial species found in dogs. It is most likely that the bacteria colonised the patient. Zoonotic transmission of microorganisms is particularly important for the development of infections in dogs and humans. Knowledge about how to treat deep cervical infections is necessary in the daily practice of a maxillofacial surgeon. The right antibiotic can applied only when the strain causing the infection has been identified.
关键词：intensive care unit; zoonoses; infection of deep cervical tissues; Streptococcus constellatus; neck phlegmon