[Corynebacterium jeikeium septicemia].
An adult male with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, who had been admitted to the hospital for more than one month and had received previous antibiotic therapy, developed Corynebacterium jeikeium septicemia. The organism was isolated in four blood cultures and it was multirresistant, being only sensitive to vancomycin, ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin and rifampin. The patient improved clinically and was bacteriologically cured with intravenous vancomycin therapy.
Sanz
J C
JC
Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid.
Moreno
M
M
de las Cuevas
C
C
Buendía
B
B
López-Brea
M
M
D000328:Adult; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*
Septicemia por Corynebacterium jeikeium.