Division of Tropical Medicine and Imported Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine and Tropical Diseases, Hôpital St-André, University Hospital Center, 1 Rue Jean-Burguet, Bordeaux F-33075, France.
BMC Infect Dis. 2010 Dec 17;10:355. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-355.
Corynebacterium mucifaciens has been mainly isolated from skin, blood and from other normally-sterile body fluids. It has rarely been described as a human pathogen since its description.
We herein report the first case of cavitary pneumonia due to C. mucifaciens in an immunocompetent man returning from Maghreb.
C. mucifaciens should be considered as important human pathogen in patients with severe illness and compatible history of exposure even in individuals with no clearly identified immunosuppression.
自从粘质沙雷氏菌被描述以来,它主要从皮肤、血液和其他通常无菌的体液中分离出来。它很少被描述为人类病原体。
我们在此报告首例从马格里布返回的免疫功能正常的男性的空洞性肺炎病例,由粘质沙雷氏菌引起。
即使在没有明确免疫抑制的个体中,对于患有严重疾病且有明确接触史的患者,粘质沙雷氏菌也应被视为重要的人类病原体。