A pediatric case of Streptococcal pyogenes empyema due to the M1_UK genotype

Pediatr Int. 2025 Jan-Dec;67(1):e15877. doi: 10.1111/ped.15877.

Authors

Keiichi Koizumi¹, Tomohiro Saito¹, Ken Takada¹, Toshimichi Fukao^{1

2}, Fuminori Numano³, Noboru Oyachi³, Minako Hoshiai¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamanashi, Japan.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan.
³ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamanashi, Japan.

PMID: 39840711
DOI: 10.1111/ped.15877

No abstract available

Keywords: Streptococcus pyogenes; chest drainage; empyema; influenza; invasive streptococcal infection.