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- Title
Severe Pneumonia Caused by Corynebacterium striatum in Adults, Seoul, South Korea, 2014-2019.
- Authors
Yun Woo Lee; Jin Won Huh; Sang-Bum Hong; Jiwon Jung; Min Jae Kim; Yong Pil Chong; Sung-Han Kim; Heungsup Sung; Kyung-Hyun Do; Sang-Oh Lee; Chae-Man Lim; Yang Soo Kim; Younsuck Koh; Sang-Ho Choi; Lee, Yun Woo; Huh, Jin Won; Hong, Sang-Bum; Jung, Jiwon; Kim, Min Jae; Chong, Yong Pil
- Abstract
We investigated the proportion and characteristics of severe Corynebacterium striatum pneumonia in South Korea during 2014-2019. As part of an ongoing observational study of severe pneumonia among adult patients, we identified 27 severe C. striatum pneumonia cases. Most (70.4%) cases were hospital-acquired, and 51.9% of patients were immunocompromised. C. striatum cases among patients with severe hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) increased from 1.0% (2/200) during 2014-2015 to 5.4% (10/185) during 2018-2019, but methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections among severe HAP cases decreased from 12.0% to 2.7% during the same timeframe. During 2018-2019, C. striatum was responsible for 13.3% of severe HAP cases from which bacterial pathogens were identified. The 90-day mortality rates were similarly high in the C. striatum and MRSA groups. C. striatum was a major cause of severe HAP and had high mortality rates. This pathogen is emerging as a possible cause for severe pneumonia, especially among immunocompromised patients.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; ANTIBIOTICS; PNEUMONIA; METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus; CROSS infection
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022, Vol 28, Issue 11, p2147
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2811.220273