EID V3 N1: Izurieta Case Listing

Ref.	Year#	Age	Sex	Infection site	Underlying condition(s)	Treatment	Outcome
Table 1. Reported cases of infection with Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum


4	1932	11	F	Natural heart valve	Rheumatic heart disease	Antimeningococcic serum	Died
5	1948	26	M	Natural heart valve	Rheumatic heart disease	Penicillin	Cured
10	1960	-	-	Natural heart valve	Endocarditis	Penicillin	-
11	1965	11	M	Natural heart valve	Congenital heart disease	Penicillin	Cured
15	1966	48	M	Natural heart valve	Chronic dialysis	Polymyxin B, nafcillin chloromycetin	Died
12	1967	56	M	Prosthetic valve	Prosthetic valve	Penicillin, streptomycin	Died
12	1967	47	M	Prosthetic valve	Prosthetic valve	Penicillin, streptomycin	Died
6*	1969	14	M	Pulmonary allograft	Incompetent mitral valve	Penicillin	Died
7	1970	-	-	Natural heart valve	Rheumatic heart disease	Penicillin	-
14	1971	33	M	Prosthetic valve	Prosthetic valve	-	Died
13	1972	49	F	Prosthetic valve	Prosthetic valve	Cephaloridine, gentamicin	Cured
6*	1981	69	M	Prosthetic valve	Arctic Stenosis	Vancomycin	Died
8	1982	46	M	Natural heart valve	Rheumatic heart disease, intravenous drug abuse	Nafcillin, gentamicin	Died
33	1982	30	F	Kidney	Immunosuppression after renal transplantation	Metronidazole, flucloxacillin	Cured
26*	1982	80	M	Lungs	Chronic bronchitis	Fosfomycin	Died
18	1983	30	M	Lungs@	Immunosuppression in systemic lupus erythematosus	Ampicillin, gentamicin	Cured
26*	1985	25	F	Lungs	Chronic bronchitis	Erythromycin, norfloxacin	Cured
26*	1986	58	M	Lungs	Chronic bronchitis	Oral cephem (CS-807)	Cured
26*	1986	62	F	Lungs	Bronchitis	Ticarcillin	Cured
26*	1986	24	F	Lungs	Bronchiectasis	Sultamicillin	Cured
26*	1986	78	M	Lungs	Primary lung cancer	Norfloxacin	Cured
23	1986	24	M	Lungs	AIDS	Clindamycin	Cured
19	1986	29	-	Lungs@	Severe trauma, pneumothorax, endotracheal intubation	Moxalactam, tobramycin	Cured
6*	1986	57	M	Prosthetic valve	Aortic incompetence	Penicillin, gentamicin	Cured
16	1986	71	M	Natural heart valve	Mitral valve disease	Penicillin, tobramycin	Cured
17	1987	23	M	Prosthetic valve	Prosthetic valve	Penicillin, gentamicin vancomycin	Cured
34	1987	63	F	Skin	Squamous cell carcinoma	Topical wound care	Cured
6*	1989	10	F	Aortic allograft, teflon patch (septum)	Tetralogy of Fallot	Penicillin, gentamicin	Cured
22	1989	70	M	Lungs@	Anthracosilicosis endotracheal intubation	Cefuroxime, netilmicin, penicillin	Cured
6*	1990	82	M	Natural heart valve	Calcified heart valves	Penicillin	Cured
30	1991	63	M	Trachea, bronchi	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (prednisone user)	Vancomycin, clindamycin	Cured
32	1991	54	M	Trachea	Diabetes mellitus, endotracheal intubation	Penicillin, erythromycin	Cured
20	1991	6	M	Lungs	Leukemia chemotherapy	Cefotaxime	Died
31	1991	68	M	Lungs@	Permanent tracheostomy, pleural calcification	Gentamicin, vancomycin oxacillin	Cured
24	1992	43	M	Lungs@	AIDS	Vancomycin	Cured
24	1992	34	M	Lungs@	AIDS	Vancomycin	Cured
25	1992	64	M	Lungs@	Lymphoma (steroid user)	CZON	Cured
25	1992	62	F	Lungs@	Polymyositis (steroid user)	PIPC/CAZ	Cured
25	1992	84	M	Lungs	Pulmonary emphysema	IPM/CS	Cured
25	1992	79	M	Lungs	Chronic pulmonary disease	OFLX	Cured
9	1992	82	M	Natural heart valve	Aortic regurgitation	Penicillin, gentamicin	Died
27*	1992	55	F	Lungs	Metastatic renal carcinoma	None	Died
27*	1992	61	F	Lungs	Radiotherapy, subglottic tumor	Doxycycline	Cured
27*	1992	61	M	Lungs	Squamous cell carcinoma of the neck	None	-
27*	1992	81	F	Lungs	Dementia	Erythromycin	Cured
27*	1992	75	M	Lungs	Cardiorespiratory failure	None	Died
27*	1992	59	M	Lungs	Metastatic prostatic carcinoma	Amoxycillin	Cured
27*	1992	73	M	Lungs	Radiotherapy, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma	Amoxycillin-clavulanate	Died
21	1993	33	M	Lungs@	AIDS	Cefotaxime, erythromycin penicillin	Cured
28*	1995	71	F	Bronchi	Congestive heart failure	Cefazolin	Cured
28*	1995	91	F	Lungs@	Angina, chronic renal failure	Cefazolin, tobramycin	Died
28*	1995	40	M	Lungs@	None	Penicillin	Cured
28*	1995	91	F	Bronchi	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Trimethoprim- Sulfamethoxazole	Cured
28*	1995	68	M	Bronchi	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Ceftriaxone/cefaclor	Cured
28*	1995	42	M	Bronchi	Multiple sclerosis	Trimethoprim- Sulfamethoxazole	Cured
28*	1995	42	F	Bronchi	None	Oral cephalosporin	Cured
28*	1995	79	F	Lungs@	Congestive heart failure	Erythromycin, cefazolin	Cured
28*	1995	93	F	Bronchi	Congestive heart failure	Cefazolin, cephalexin	Cured
28*	1995	70	M	Lungs@	Congestive heart failure	Ceftriaxone, tobramycin erythromycin	Cured
28*	1995	60	F	Bronchi	Cancer (ovary)	Cefazolin	Cured
28*	1995	76	M	Bronchi	Congestive heart failure	Ceftriaxone	Died
28*	1995	69	M	Bronchi	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Ceftriaxone	Cured
28*	1995	78	F	Bronchi	Metastatic cancer	None	Died
28*	1995	58	M	Bronchi	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Trimethoprim- Sulfamethoxazole	Cured
28*	1995	55	F	Bronchi	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Erythromycin	Cured
28*	1995	71	M	Lungs@	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Trimethoprim- Sulfamethoxazole	Cured
29*	1995	75	M	Bronchi	Tuberculosis (healed)	Piperacillin, tazobactam	Cured
29*	1995	77	M	Bronchi	Tuberculosis (healed)	Pazufloxacin	Cured
29*†	1995	70	M	Bronchi	Cardiovascular accident	Azithromycin	Cured
29*	1995	68	M	Lungs@	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Piperazillin, cefotiam ceftazidime	Died
29*‡	1995	72	M	Bronchi	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, systemic lupus erythematosus	Meropenem	Cured
29*‡	1995	72	M	Bronchi	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, systemic lupus erythematosus	Cefpirome	Cured
29*‡	1995	72	M	Lungs@	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, systemic lupus erythematosus	Cefcamate, pivoxil	Died
29*	1995	28	F	Bronchi	Ventricular septal defect, pulmonary hypertension	Ciprofloxacin	Cured
29*	1995	70	M	Bronchi	Polyarteritis nodosa, interstitial pneumonitis	Cefetamet, pivoxil	Cured
29*	1995	44	M	Bronchi	Chronic sinusitis	Bacampicillin	Cured
29*	1995	58	M	Bronchi	Tuberculosis, sinusitis	Cefpodoxime	Cured
29*	1995	70	F	Lungs@	None determined	Piperacillin	Cured
29*	1995	24	F	Bronchi	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Ampicillin-sulbactam	Cured
29*	1995	66	F	Bronchi	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	FK-037	Cured
29*	1995	43	M	Bronchi	Heart failure	FK-037	Cured
29*†	1995	71	M	Bronchi	Cardiovascular accident	CP-70.429	Cured
35	1995	69	F	Vertebra	Spondylolisthesis, nasal turbinate surgery	Ampicillin, flucloxacillin	Cured

# If year of onset was not available the year of publication was used instead * Retrospective case reviews † These 2 cases involved the same patient ‡ These 3 cases involved the same patient @ Diagnosed as pneumonia

Emerging Infectious Diseases
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol3no1/izurtab1a.htm
Posted: February 14, 1997

Emerging Infectious Diseases National Center for Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol3no1/izurtab1a.htm Posted: February 14, 1997

Emerging Infectious Diseases
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol3no1/izurtab1a.htm
Posted: February 14, 1997