Corynebacterium mucifaciens in an immunocompetent patient with cavitary pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Corynebacterium mucifaciens has been mainly isolated from skin, blood and from other normally-sterile body fluids. It has rarely been described as a human pathogen since its description. CASE PRESENTATION: We herein report the first case of cavitary pneumonia due to C. mucifaciens in an...

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Autores principales: Djossou, Félix, Bézian, Marie-Christine, Moynet, Daniel, Le Flèche-Matéos, Anne, Malvy, Denis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3009641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21162757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-355
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Corynebacterium mucifaciens has been mainly isolated from skin, blood and from other normally-sterile body fluids. It has rarely been described as a human pathogen since its description. CASE PRESENTATION: We herein report the first case of cavitary pneumonia due to C. mucifaciens in an immunocompetent man returning from Maghreb. CONCLUSION: C. mucifaciens should be considered as important human pathogen in patients with severe illness and compatible history of exposure even in individuals with no clearly identified immunosuppression.

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