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Case Reports
. 1980 Apr;74(2):198-200.
doi: 10.1016/0007-0971(80)90035-2.

Pleuropulmonary infection due to Corynebacterium striatum

T T Bowstead, S M Santiago
Case Reports

Pleuropulmonary infection due to Corynebacterium striatum

T T Bowstead et al. Br J Dis Chest. 1980 Apr.

Abstract

Corynebacterium striatum, a saprophytic diphtheroid in man, caused a pleuropulmonary infection in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. This organism has not previously been described as a cause of human disease.

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