"Diphtheroid" pneumonia.
We have described a case of pneumonia caused by Corynebacterium CDC Group D2 which was diagnosed by Gram stain of a specimen obtained by transtracheal aspiration and recovery of the organisms from the aspirate specimen in pure culture. Treatment with penicillin was successful.
D000368:Aged; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
D010406:Penicillins