title: Seven patients with respiratory infections due to Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum.
abstract: Seven cases of lower respiratory tract infection due to Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum are described. Lower respiratory tract infections with C. pseudodiphtheriticum in immunocompetent patients are usually associated with pre-existing chronic pulmonary disease, and are sometimes associated with endotracheal intubation. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of these isolates showed uniform sensitivity to penicillin and variable results to erythromycin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Haines
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Hellyar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*