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In children under 5 years of age, presenting to the paediatric emergency room with clinical and radiological findings of pneumonia, viridans streptococci were isolated in 10/33 positive haemocultures as the only microorganism. Viridans streptococci should therefore not be ruled out as a cause of pneumonia.
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We recorded median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) in 42 patients with small subcortical strokes associated with lacunar syndromes. Seventeen patients had abnormal SSEPs. The P22 component was most often affected; changes in N20 and N18 were less common. Four patients with pure motor strokes (PMS) had abnormal SSEPs. Abnormalities of P22 correlated best with motor findings; those of N20 with sensory signs and symptoms. Similar SSEP abnormalities were produced by lesions in various locations. P22 and N20 abnormalities occurred independently and together. We conclude: (1) abnormal SSEPs are common in patients with small subcortical strokes associated with lacunar syndromes, including pure motor stroke; (2) P22 and N20 have separate cortical generators; and (3) P22 may be generated within sensory pathways which are adjacent to or influenced by motor pathways.