Periprosthetic breast abscess caused by Streptococcus pyogenes after scarlet fever

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-23

  Persichetti, Paolo ^a,b   Langella, Marika ^a   Marangi, Giovanni Francesco ^a   Vulcano, Ettore ^a   Gherardi, Giovanni ^a   Dicuonzo, Giordano ^a  

^a Roma University   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast implant infection; Scarlet fever; Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus)

Indexed keywords

TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MASTECTOMY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCARLET FEVER; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; PHARYNGITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SCARLET FEVER; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TEICOPLANIN; TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES;

EID: 39849110190     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31804636cf     Document Type: Article

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