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Nosocomial outbreak of Corynebacterium striatum infection in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Feliu Renom1, Margarita Garau, Mateu Rubí, Ferran Ramis, Antònia Galmés, Joan B Soriano.   

Abstract

We describe an unusual cluster of Corynebacterium striatum infections in 21 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) admitted to a medium-size respiratory unit. Eleven isolates from eight patients occurred simultaneously within a month. C. striatum is a potentially pathogenic microorganism with the ability to produce nosocomial infectious outbreaks and respiratory colonization in patients with advanced COPD.

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Year:  2007        PMID: 17409213      PMCID: PMC1933039          DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00152-07

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Clin Microbiol        ISSN: 0095-1137            Impact factor:   5.948


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