| Literature DB >> 12139430 |
Nele Wellinghausen1, Andreas Sing, Winfried V Kern, Sven Perner, Reinhard Marre, Jochen Rentschler.
Abstract
A 77-year-old farmer developed cough with sputum production, fever, bloody nasal discharge and a mass in his right maxillary sinus leading to necrotic ulceration of the sinus. Corynebacterium ulcerans, carrying the beta-phage for the diphtheria toxin and secreting the toxin, was detected microscopically and by culture from the sinusoidal and ulcer discharge. Despite immediate antimicrobial chemotherapy the patient died of pulmonary failure associated with the production of large amounts of very viscous sputum. Identification of the causative agent, pathophysiological aspects and risk factors of this unusal infection are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 12139430 DOI： 10.1078/1438-4221-00186
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Med Microbiol ISSN： 1438-4221 Impact factor: 3.473