title: Corynebacterium mucifaciens in an immunocompetent patient with cavitary pneumonia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Corynebacterium mucifaciens has been mainly isolated from skin, blood and from other normally-sterile body fluids. It has rarely been described as a human pathogen since its description.
  
  
  METHODS
  We herein report the first case of cavitary pneumonia due to C. mucifaciens in an immunocompetent man returning from Maghreb.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  C. mucifaciens should be considered as important human pathogen in patients with severe illness and compatible history of exposure even in individuals with no clearly identified immunosuppression.
authors.affiliation: Division of Tropical Medicine and Imported Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine and Tropical Diseases, Hôpital St-André, University Hospital Center, 1 Rue Jean-Burguet, Bordeaux F-33075, France.
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Djossou
authors.forename: Marie-Christine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bézian
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moynet
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Flèche-Matéos
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malvy
mesh_terms: D000352:Africa, Northern; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology