Severe Pneumonia Caused by Corynebacterium striatum in Adults, Seoul, South Korea, 2014-2019.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 28(11): 2147-2154, 2022 11.
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ABSTRACT
We investigated the proportion and characteristics of severe Corynebacterium striatum pneumonia in South Korea during 2014-2019. As part of an ongoing observational study of severe pneumonia among adult patients, we identified 27 severe C. striatum pneumonia cases. Most (70.4%) cases were hospital-acquired, and 51.9% of patients were immunocompromised. C. striatum cases among patients with severe hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) increased from 1.0% (2/200) during 2014-2015 to 5.4% (10/185) during 2018-2019, but methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections among severe HAP cases decreased from 12.0% to 2.7% during the same timeframe. During 2018-2019, C. striatum was responsible for 13.3% of severe HAP cases from which bacterial pathogens were identified. The 90-day mortality rates were similarly high in the C. striatum and MRSA groups. C. striatum was a major cause of severe HAP and had high mortality rates. This pathogen is emerging as a possible cause for severe pneumonia, especially among immunocompromised patients.
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Assunto principal:
Pneumonia
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Infecção Hospitalar
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Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Adult
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
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En
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article