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AbstractIn this article, we report a 10-year-old boy with acute bacteremia and left eye blindness. Culture from abscess drainage was positive for Streptococcus constellatus. Infection caused by S. constellatus is rare among children, and to our knowledge, this is the first report of this pathogen causing blindness. The rapidness of progression in this case is alarming. We also summarize other cases of S. constellatus infection.

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