title: Three cases of opportunistic infection caused by propionic acid producing Corynebacterium minutissimum.
abstract: Propionic acid producing strains of Corynebacterium minutissimum were isolated from three patients with opportunistic infections. One neutropenic patient was undergoing chemotherapy for prolymphocytic leukemia; the other two patients were undergoing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis respectively. An unusual feature of these three strains was their resistance to several antibiotics, which is seldom seen in diphtheroids other than Corynebacterium jeikeium and CDC group D2.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Le Refuge, Mouscron, Belgium.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Bosterhaut
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cuvelier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Serruys
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pouthier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wauters
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D011422:Propionates / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011422:Propionates; C029658:propionic acid