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Recurrent corynebacterium equi infection with lymphoma
Author(s) -
Marsh John C.,
Graevenitz Alexander Von
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197307)32:1<147::aid-cncr2820320121>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - medicine , corynebacterium , lymphoma , ampicillin , lesion , streptococcus pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , antibiotics , pathology , bacteria , biology , genetics
A patient with malignant lymphoma developed a cavitating pulmonary lesion from which was isolated Corynebacterium equi as well as Streptococcus pneumoniae. C. equi was also cultured from the blood twice, 2 months apart. The infection was controlled initially with ampicillin. The patient had been exposed to horses while receiving immunosuppressive therapy. This is the first published report of septicemia due to this organism and second reported human infection.