Sepsis with a New Species of Corynebacterium

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Abstract
Sepsis with a previously undescribed species of Corynebacterium was documented in 4 patients. All patients had predisposing illness at the time of infection, 3 patients having leukemia in relapse and 1 having a porencephalic cyst and a ventriculoatrial shunt. The isolates from blood cultures had a characteristic metallic sheen when grown on blood agar. They were resistant to most antibiotics tested, including the penicillins, but were uniformly sensitive to vancomycin. Common biochemical characteristics, the metallic sheen, and the unusual antibiotic sensitivity pattern suggest that these isolates comprise a new species or group of closely related species of Corynebacterium that is capable of infection in man.

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