A NECROTIC SOFT-TISSUE LESION DUE TO CORYNEBACTERIUM-UREALYTICUM IN ANEUTROPENIC CHILD

Authors
SAAVEDRA J RODRIGUEZ JN FERNANDEZJURADO A VEGA MD PASCUAL L PRADOS D
Citation
J. Saavedra et al., A NECROTIC SOFT-TISSUE LESION DUE TO CORYNEBACTERIUM-UREALYTICUM IN ANEUTROPENIC CHILD, Clinical infectious diseases, 22(5), 1996, pp. 851-852
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
22
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
851 - 852
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1996)22:5<851:ANSLDT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Corynebacterium urealyticum has been associated mainly with infections of the urinary tract. Other infections due to this organism are highl y unusual. We report what we believe is the first case of necrotic inf ection of soft tissue due to C. urealyticum in a neutropenic child who was previously treated with chemotherapy. The infection was cured whe n the patient was treated with vancomycin and surgical debridement. Th e increase in the number of neutrophils may also have contributed to t he patient's recovery.