RESUMO
Corynebacterium species other than Corynebacterium diphtheriae rarely cause infections in human but rather reside in flora, however they have been reported to cause opportunistic infections in both immunocompromised and immunecompetent patients. Here we report for the first time a case of an elderly female patient presenting with a fatal urosepsis caused by a recently defined pathogen, Corynebacterium riegelii, identified on second day after patient hospitalization leading to a progressive worsening and death of the patient on 6th day.
Assuntos
Infecções por Corynebacterium/diagnóstico , Corynebacterium/isolamento & purificação , Infecções Urinárias/diagnóstico , Idoso , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Corynebacterium/classificação , Corynebacterium/genética , Infecções por Corynebacterium/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por Corynebacterium/microbiologia , DNA Bacteriano/química , DNA Bacteriano/genética , Evolução Fatal , Feminino , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Infecções Urinárias/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções Urinárias/microbiologiaRESUMO
Corynebacterium species other than Corynebacterium diphtheriae rarely cause infections in human but rather reside in flora, however they have been reported to cause opportunistic infections in both immunocompromised and immunecompetent patients. Here we report for the first time a case of an elderly female patient presenting with a fatal urosepsis caused by a recently defined pathogen, Corynebacterium riegelii, identified on second day after patient hospitalization leading to a progressive worsening and death of the patient on 6th day.
Assuntos
Corynebacterium , Corynebacterium diphtheriae , Infecções por Corynebacterium , Bactérias , HumanosRESUMO
Corynebacterium species other than Corynebacterium diphtheriae rarely cause infections in human but rather reside in flora, however they have been reported to cause opportunistic infections in both immunocompromised and immunecompetent patients. Here we report for the first time a case of an elderly female patient presenting with a fatal urosepsis caused by a recently defined pathogen, Corynebacterium riegelii, identified on second day after patient hospitalization leading to a progressive worsening and death of the patient on 6th day.(AU)