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Indian Pediatr
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2012 April; 49(4): 324-326
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-169305
ABSTRACT
Streptococcus viridans is usually considered to be nonpathogenic in healthy patients. Some strains become penicillin-resistant and cause life-threatening infections in immunocompromised patients. We report an immunocompetent boy who had community-acquired S. viridans pneumonia that was resistant to penicillin. Clinicians should note local patterns of virulence and antibiotic resistance in S. viridans and adjust treatment strategies accordingly.