Fatal Pneumonia Caused by Corynebacterium Group JK after Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia

Yuko Yoshitomi; Shigeru Kohno; Hironobu Koga; Shigefumi Maesaki; Yasuhito Higashiyama; Haruko Matsuda; Kohtarou Mitsutake; Yoshitsugu Miyazaki; Hiroshi Yamada; Kohei Hara; Kazuyuki Sugahara; Mitsuo Kaku

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.31.930

Fatal Pneumonia Caused by Corynebacterium Group JK after Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia

Yuko Yoshitomi, Shigeru Kohno, Hironobu Koga, Shigefumi Maesaki, Yasuhito Higashiyama, Haruko Matsuda, Kohtarou Mitsutake, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, Hiroshi Yamada, Kohei Hara, Kazuyuki Sugahara, Mitsuo Kaku

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A 76-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital because of chronic renal insufficiency and chronic hepatitis died of Corynebacterium group JK pneumonia, after showing a slight improvement by treatment of Staphylococcus aureus with sulbactam/cefoperazone and minocycline. Transtracheal aspiration (TTA) just before his death revealed numerous gram-positive bacilli phagocytized by many neutrophils and more than 10⁸ colony forming units (CFU)/ml of Corynebacterium group JK. A drug susceptibility test showed Corynebacterium group JK was resistant to many antibiotics, with the exception of vancomycin and amikacin.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	930-932
Number of pages	3
Journal	Internal Medicine
Volume	31
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.31.930
Publication status	Published - 1992

Keywords

bacterial change
nondiphtheria corynebacteria
transtracheal aspiration

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