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[Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum pneumonia in a patient diagnosed with HIV infection]

An Med Interna. 1993 Oct;10(10):499-500. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94183913
Roig P; Lopez MM; Arriero JM; Cuadrado JM; Martin C; Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital del S.V.S. de San Juan,; Alicante.

Abstract: Corynebacterium pseudodiphteriticum is a diphteromorphic bacterium, previously described as pathogenic in very few cases. We present the case of a patient diagnosed of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), who developed pneumonia probably caused by Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum and who had a good response to the initial empirical therapy with cephotaxime. We reviewed the literature on patients with diagnosis of HIV infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related complex and we found just one case of this corynebacterium acting as pathogenic and causing a pulmonary abscess.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Adult Case Report Corynebacterium Infections/*COMPLICATIONS English Abstract Human Male Pneumonia/*MICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDcomplicationsadultcasereportcorynebacteriuminfections/KWDcomplicationsenglishabstracthumanmalepneumonia/KWDmicrobiologyjournalarticle
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