[Pneumonia caused byCorynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum].
Microorganisms of the genera Corynebacterium, specie pseudodiphtheriticum are a part of the indigenous microbiota of human skin and oropharinx. Nevertheless in recent decades these bacilli are emerging as opportunistic pathogens causing clinically significant infections in patients with previous compromise. We report the case of a 76 years old female patient, with a history of hypertension, hypothyroidism, type 2 diabetes and chronic renal failure, who presented pneumonia during their stay at the intensive care unit. The induced sputum revealed a representative sample with monomicrobial gram positive pleomorphic coryneform rods (Gram stain) and cultures demonstrated the presence of C. pseudodiphtheriticum as the only bacteria recovered. The pacient received an empirical third generation cephalosporin medication with a succesfull recovery.
Departamento de Bacteriología, Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, UNC, Córdoba, Argentina.
Daniela
D
Furiasse
Departamento de Bacteriología, Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, UNC, Córdoba, Argentina.
Ana M
AM
Gasparotto
Departamento de Bacteriología, Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, UNC, Córdoba, Argentina.
Aída
A
Monterisi
Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, UNC, Córdoba, Argentina.
Gabriela
G
Castellano
Departamento de Bacteriología, Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, UNC, Córdoba, Argentina. Electronic address: rocchimarta@gmail.com.
Marta
M
Rocchi
D000368:Aged; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D003422:Critical Care; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*
Corinebacteria; Corinebacterias; Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum; Neumonía; Pneumonia