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Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum pneumonitis in a leukaemic child.

Thorax ·Vol. 47 ·No. 10 ·1992-10-00 ·Pages 838-9

Cimolai N, Rogers P, Seear M

Abstract

A 6 year old boy receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphocytic leukaemia developed pneumonia due to Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum. He responded to antibiotics.

MeSH Terms
Cefotaxime/therapeutic use Child Corynebacterium Infections/complications,drug therapy,microbiology Drug Resistance, Microbial Humans Male Opportunistic Infections/complications,microbiology Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/complications Respiratory Tract Infections/complications,microbiology
Chemicals
Cefotaxime
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Cimolai N
Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Rogers P
Seear M
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Article Info
Journal
Thorax
Abbr.
Thorax
ISSN
0040-6376
DOI
10.1136/thx.47.10.838
Published
1992-10-00
Pages
838-9
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0417353
PMCID
PMC464074
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1136/thx.47.10.838 PMC Full Text View journal details
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