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Three cases of opportunistic infection caused by propionic acid producing Corynebacterium minutissimum

par Van Bosterhaut, Bernard;Cuvelier, René;Schoutens Serruys, Elisabeth ;Pouthier, Françoise;Wauters, Georges
Référence European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 11, 7, page (628-631)
Publication Publié, 1992-07

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Propionic acid producing strains of Corynebacterium minutissimum were isolated from three patients with opportunistic infections. One neutropenic patient was undergoing chemotherapy for prolymphocytic leukemia; the other two patients were undergoing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis respectively. An unusual feature of these three strains was their resistance to several antibiotics, which is seldom seen in diphtheroids other than Corynebacterium jeikeium and CDC group D2. © 1992 Friedr, Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.