Austrian triad
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Austrian triad
(os′trē-ăn) [First described by Richard Ladislas Heschl, Austrian pathologist, 1824–1881]
Systemic infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae, producing endocarditis, meningitis, and pneumonia at the same time.
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