Patel M, Ahrens J C, Moyer D V, DiNubile M J
Department of Medicine, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey.
Clin Infect Dis. 1994 Jul;19(1):149-51. doi: 10.1093/clinids/19.1.149.
Streptococcus pneumoniae is an uncommonly recognized etiology of soft-tissue infections. Our experience suggests that pneumococci can cause serious infections of soft tissues, especially in patients with connective-tissue diseases. Systemic lupus erythematosus was an underlying condition in three of the six patients described in the present report.