Exudative pharyngitis and Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum: A case report and review of the literature
| Autor: | Colette Pienaar, Kessendri Reddy, Motlatji Reratilwe Bonnie Maloba, Sebastian Gericke, Helena Rabie |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
030106 microbiology Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Exudative pharyngitis Antimicrobial susceptibility corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum disease spectrum Case Report Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 medicine.disease_cause Microbiology 03 medical and health sciences corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum clinical presentation medicine Normal flora emerging pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae biology business.industry Disease spectrum biology.organism_classification 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum laboratory identification Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum business Respiratory tract exudative pharyngitis |
| Zdroj: | Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 36, Iss 1, Pp e1-e5 (2021) Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| ISSN: | 2313-1810 2312-0053 |
| Popis: | Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum is an established member of the normal flora of the respiratory tract. This organism is an emerging cause of respiratory tract infection, as well as infection of the skin and skin structures, urinary tract and other sterile sites. The syndrome of C. pseudodiphtheriticum exudative pharyngitis is a diagnostic challenge of particular relevance in recent times as this organism can be confused with Corynebacterium diphtheriae in the clinical setting and in the laboratory. We report a case of exudative pharyngitis, possibly due to C. pseudodiphtheriticum, in a 14-month old, incompletely vaccinated, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive infant and review the role of this organism in terms of its microbiological profile and identification, disease spectrum and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. |
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