A fatal case of urosepsis due to Corynebacterium riegelii

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...

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Main Authors: Gokhan Aygun, Kenan Midilli, Hatice Cilingir, Mesut Yilmaz, Aysegul Kutukcu, Engin Eker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2013-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822013000200022&lng=en&tlng=en