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The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology |
Biblioraphy Information
| ArticleTitle |
A Case of Corynebacterium durum Pneumonia Suspicion |
| Language |
J |
| AuthorList |
Takahiro Kinebuchi1), Yoshihito Otsuka2), Kiyofumi Ohkusu3), Kyoko Nakanishi4), Kazuo Usami1), Takayuki Ezaki3) |
| Affiliation |
1) Department of Clinical Laboratory, Social Welfare Corporation Hokkaido Social Work Society Furano Hospital
2) Department of Clinical Laboratory, Infection Control Team, Social Insurance Central General Hospital
3) Department of Microbiology, Regeneration and Advanced Medical Science, Gifu University School of Medicine
4) Department of Pulmonology, Social Welfare Corporation Hokkaido Social Work Society Furano Hospital |
| Publication |
J.J.C.M.: 17 (1), 1-7, 2007 |
| Received |
March 27, 2006 |
| Accepted |
November 6, 2006 |
| Abstract |
We report, Corynebacterium durum experienced a doubted example as the cause bacteria of the pneumonia which was caused according to the bronchiectasis. The patient is a 65 year-old man. The sputum is sometimes of mixed-blood from 1993 and it was undergoing the medical care of the bronchiectasis at the other hospital. On November 12 2002, we took medical advice because of the medical care of the bronchiectasis in the pulmonology at my hospital. Then, we did antibacterial medicine and an expectorant and so on in the formula and we decided to observe an elapse. On October 17 2003, we observed ramifying Gram positive bacillus which is peculiar to the Nocardia genus with the inflammatory image from Gram dyeing by the sputum. Because I doubted an infection by the Nocardia genus, I told the doctor of the taking charge these meaning. Then, we prescribed sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim and we began a medical care. When inspecting in the identification using the colony which grew 3 days after cultivation, in the simple identification inspection, we identified as Nocardia asteroides, but we did 16S rRNA sequence analysis to confirm and we identified it as C. durum (% consistence, 99.98). |
| Keywords |
Corynebacterium durum, Nocardia |
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