Pleuropulmonary infection due to Corynebacterium striatum.
Corynebacterium striatum, a saprophytic diphtheroid in man, caused a pleuropulmonary infection in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. This organism has not previously been described as a cause of human disease.
D000368:Aged; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000209:etiology*