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Case Reports
. 1983 Jun;2(3):213-5.
doi: 10.1007/BF02029518.

Fatal meningitis with group JK Corynebacterium in a leukopenic patient

S Hoffmann, H Ersgaard, T Justesen, H Friis
Case Reports

Fatal meningitis with group JK Corynebacterium in a leukopenic patient

S Hoffmann et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol. 1983 Jun.

Abstract

A case of fatal meningitis and septicemia with group JK Corynebacterium species in a leukopenic patient is reported. The strain was susceptible to rifampicin and vancomycin only. The finding of diphtheroids in bacteriological samples from immunocompromised patients should not be ignored. The literature regarding meningitis caused by diphtheroid bacilli is reviewed.

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