SEPSIS DUE TO CORYNEFORM GROUP A-4 IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST

Authors
BIZETTE GA KEMMERLY SA COLE JT BRADFORD HB PELTIER BH
Citation
Ga. Bizette et al., SEPSIS DUE TO CORYNEFORM GROUP A-4 IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST, Clinical infectious diseases, 21(5), 1995, pp. 1334-1336
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
21
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1334 - 1336
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1995)21:5<1334:SDTCGA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Corynebacteria are more commonly being recognized as significant human pathogens. We describe a case of Coryneform group A-4 sepsis secondar y to infection of a Hickman catheter in an immunocompromised man; the organism was identified by biochemical analysis conducted at the Louis iana State Reference Laboratory.