TY - JOUR
T1 - Pneumonitis due to Corynebacterium equi.
AU - Gardner, S. E.
AU - Pearson, T.
AU - Hughes, W. T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by, Childhood Cancer Research Center grant CA-08480 from the National Cancer Institute, and ALSAC.
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PY - 1976/7
Y1 - 1976/7
N2 - Corynebacterium equi, a known cause of pneumonitis in foals, calves, and swine, was isolated from the sputum and bronchial washings of a child with pneumonitis and leukemia. Clinical improvement followed the administration of chloramphenicol, and cultures of sputum specimens were sterile until relapse occurred after antibiotic therapy was terminated. Cure was achieved with a second course of chloramphenicol therapy. Corynebacterium equi was not isolated from 1,181 samples of sputum from other immunosuppressed children with cancer.
AB - Corynebacterium equi, a known cause of pneumonitis in foals, calves, and swine, was isolated from the sputum and bronchial washings of a child with pneumonitis and leukemia. Clinical improvement followed the administration of chloramphenicol, and cultures of sputum specimens were sterile until relapse occurred after antibiotic therapy was terminated. Cure was achieved with a second course of chloramphenicol therapy. Corynebacterium equi was not isolated from 1,181 samples of sputum from other immunosuppressed children with cancer.
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U2 - 10.1378/chest.70.1.92
DO - 10.1378/chest.70.1.92
M3 - Article
C2 - 1277942
AN - SCOPUS:0016982486
VL - 70
SP - 92
EP - 94
JO - Diseases of the chest
JF - Diseases of the chest
SN - 0012-3692
IS - 1
ER -