Yoshitomi Y, Higashiyama Y, Matsuda H, Mitsutake K, Miyazaki Y, Maesaki S, Yamada H, Hori H, Koga H, Kohno S
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine.
Kansenshogaku Zasshi. 1992 Jan;66(1):87-92. doi: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.66.87.
Four cases of respiratory tract infections caused by Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum were reported. The first two patients developed pneumonia with Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum during steroid therapy used against their underlying diseases. The other two patients had acute exacerbation of chronic pulmonary diseases caused by C. pseudodiphtheriticum. These four patients improved by antibiotic therapy. Though nondiphtheria corynebacteria are regarded as "normal flora" when they are isolated from sputum, they should be recognized as potential pathogens.
报告了4例由假白喉棒状杆菌引起的呼吸道感染病例。前两名患者在使用类固醇治疗基础疾病期间发生了假白喉棒状杆菌肺炎。另外两名患者因假白喉棒状杆菌导致慢性肺部疾病急性加重。这4例患者经抗生素治疗后病情好转。虽然非白喉棒状杆菌从痰液中分离出来时被视为“正常菌群”,但它们应被视为潜在病原体。