Infections due to a 'Group JK' corynebacterium.
We report the case of a patient who developed bacteraemia with a 'Group JK' corynebacterium following multiple injuries sustained in a road traffic accident, and that of another patient whose cerebrospinal fluid shunt became colonised with a similar organism for over a year.
D000293:Adolescent; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*