NONTOXIGENIC CORYNEBACTERIUM-DIPHTHERIAE - 2 CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
HOLTHOUSE DJ POWER B KERMODE A GOLLEDGE C
Citation
Dj. Holthouse et al., NONTOXIGENIC CORYNEBACTERIUM-DIPHTHERIAE - 2 CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, The Journal of infection, 37(1), 1998, pp. 62-66
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
The Journal of infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
01634453
Volume
37
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
62 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-4453(1998)37:1<62:NC-2CA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae infections are being reporte d with increasing frequency. We present two cases of C. diphtheriae en docarditis requiring early valve replacement. Both cases were complica ted by cerebral embolic phenomena and pseudoaneurysm formation in lowe r limb arterial vessels. Non-toxigenic C. diphtheriae septicaemia must be excluded when 'diphtheroids' are isolated from blood cultures.