Two Cases of <i>Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum </i>Respiratory Tract Infection

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  • MORINAGA Yoshitomo
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Department of Second Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • YANAGIHARA Katsunori
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Department of Second Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • YAMADA Koichi
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Department of Second Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • NAKAMURA Shigeki
    Department of Second Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • IZUMIKAWA Koichi
    Department of Second Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • SEKI Masafumi
    Department of Second Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • KAKEYA Hiroshi
    Department of Second Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • YAMAMOTO Yoshihiro
    Department of Second Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • INOUE Yuichi
    Department of Internal Medicine, Isahaya Health Insurance General Hospital
  • KAMIHIRA Shimeru
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • KOHNO Shigeru
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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  • <i>Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum </i>による呼吸器感染症の2 例
  • 症例 Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticumによる呼吸器感染症の2例
  • ショウレイ Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum ニ ヨル コキュウキ カンセンショウ ノ 2レイ

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Abstract

<p>Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum, one cause of respiratory tract infection, is rarely considered as a pathogen because it is among normal bacterial flora colonizing the oral cavity. We report two cases of C. pseudodiphtheriticum causing respiratory tract infection―an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia―, both in the presence of underlying respiratory disease. Both required antibiotics after first-line chemotherapy failed. Isolates were susceptible to β-lactams. Gram-staining of respiratory tract specimens is important in diagnosing this infection and determining appropriate antimicrobial use. </p>

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  • Kansenshogaku Zasshi

    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 84 (1), 65-68, 2010

    The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

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