Bacteremia complicated with pneumonia caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Due to the use of vaccines, infections caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae are now rare. Here we describe a case of bacteremia complicated with pneumonia caused by C. diphtheriae in a 69-year-old male patient. The patient presented at the emergency department with a 2 days history of fever of unkn...

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Main Authors: Xiaojun Zhou, Xuebing Wang, Hua Wu, Meihui Huang, Shaoling Wang, Xuming Wang, Haijian Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Infectious Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772431X22000569