title: [Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum pneumonia in a patient diagnosed with HIV infection].
abstract: Corynebacterium pseudodiphteriticum is a diphteromorphic bacterium, previously described as pathogenic in very few cases. We present the case of a patient diagnosed of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), who developed pneumonia probably caused by Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum and who had a good response to the initial empirical therapy with cephotaxime. We reviewed the literature on patients with diagnosis of HIV infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related complex and we found just one case of this corynebacterium acting as pathogenic and causing a pulmonary abscess.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital del S.V.S. de San Juan, Alicante.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roig
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Arriero
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cuadrado
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martín
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: Neumonía por Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum en paciente diagnosticado de infección por VIH.