Cavitating pneumonia caused by Corynebacterium group JK.
Corynebacterium group JK organisms were isolated from lung fluid aspirated with a fine needle from one of four thick-walled cavitary lesions in a 72-year-old female. Cultures and stains for mycobacteria and fungi were negative. The patient was successfully treated with an 8-week course of vancomycin.
McNaughton
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Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Alberta, Canada.
Villanueva
R R
RR
Donnelly
R
R
Freedman
J
J
Nawrot
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D000368:Aged; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*