Corynebacterium Minutissimum Bacteremia in a Patient With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Blast Crisis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1986
Description
Serious infections and sepsis due to nondiphtheria Corynebacteria have been well described. A patient with chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis, who developed Corynebacterium minutissimum bacteremia, is described in this report. Corynebacterium minutissimum is the causative agent of erythrasma and to our knowledge, this is the first published report of septicemia due to this organism.
Citation Information
Guarderas, Juan; Karnad, Anand; Alvarez, Salvador; and Berk, Steven L.. 1986. Corynebacterium Minutissimum Bacteremia in a Patient With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Blast Crisis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. Vol.5(4). 327-330. https://doi.org/10.1016/0732-8893(86)90037-4 PMID: 3465494 ISSN: 0732-8893