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CASE REPORTS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 2020, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2020/4630809
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Streptococcus constellatusis an oropharyngeal commensal Gram-positive coccus, frequently associated with the respiratory tract.S. constellatusis part of theStreptococcus anginosusormillerigroup, which has traditionally been considered to have propensity to cause empyema and purulent abscesses, a property that is sometimes overlooked as the severity of infections it causes may have a varying degree. In this case, we present the case of a 54-year-old male with known liver cirrhosis who developed a severe empyema during an acute liver failure episode, requiring extensive decortication and prolonged hospital admission.
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