title: Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum is a coryneform and diphtheromorphic bacteria rarely found as a cause of pneumonia in immunocompetent hosts. A case of an immunocompetent patient with C. pseudodiphtheriticum pneumonia is presented. This infection responded well to initial empirical treatment with cefotaxime. Very few cases of pneumonia associated with C. pseudodiphtheriticum have been described in the medical literature, this organism mainly being found in immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient in which C. pseudodiphtheriticum was the only micro-organism isolated.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pulmonary Diseases, University Hospital of San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chiner
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Arriero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Signes-Costa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marco
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Corral
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gomez-Esparrago
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ortiz de la Tabla
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*