OPPORTUNISTIC LUNG INFECTION WITH CORYNEBACTERIUM-PSEUDODIPHTHERITICUM AFTER LUNG AND HEART-TRANSPLANTATION

Authors
BURKE GJ MALOUF MA GLANVILLE AR
Citation
Gj. Burke et al., OPPORTUNISTIC LUNG INFECTION WITH CORYNEBACTERIUM-PSEUDODIPHTHERITICUM AFTER LUNG AND HEART-TRANSPLANTATION, Medical journal of Australia, 166(7), 1997, pp. 362-364
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Medical journal of Australia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0025729X
Volume
166
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
362 - 364
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-729X(1997)166:7<362:OLIWC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum is usually regarded as a harmless commensal of the skin and mucous membranes. We describe two cases of bronchiolitis after lung and heart transplantation, respectively, in w hich this organism was strongly implicated as the pathogen.