Bloodstream infection caused by nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae in an immunocompromised host in the United States |
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| Authors: | Wojewoda Christina M Koval Christine E Wilson Deborah A Chakos Mary H Harrington Susan M |
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| Institution: | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Corynebacterium species are well-known causes of catheter-related bloodstream infections. Toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae cause respiratory diphtheria. We report a bloodstream infection caused by a nontoxigenic strain of C. diphtheriae and discuss the epidemiology, possible sources of the infection, and the implications of rapid species identification of corynebacteria. |
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