A Case of Catheter Related Septicemia Caused by Corynebacterium jeikeium

Akan, Özay Arıkan; Bengisun, J. Sedef; Batı, Ayşe; Arat, Mutlu; İlhan, Osman; Akan, Hamdi

A Case of Catheter Related Septicemia Caused by Corynebacterium jeikeium [Turk J Hematol]

Turk J Hematol. 2002; 19(1): 47-50

A Case of Catheter Related Septicemia Caused by Corynebacterium jeikeium

Özay Arıkan Akan¹, J. Sedef Bengisun¹, Ayşe Batı¹, Mutlu Arat², Osman İlhan², Hamdi Akan²
¹Central Laboratories, İbn-i Sina Hospital, Faculty Of Medicine, University Of Ankara, Turkey
²Department Of Hematology, İbn-i Sina Hospital, Faculty Of Medicine, University Of Ankara, Ankara, Department Of Hematology, İbn-i Sina Hospital, Faculty Of Medicine, University Of Ankara, Ankara Turkey

Corynebacterium spp. has been gaining importance in immunosuppressive patients. This report of a 15-year-old girl with acute myeloblastic leukemia who developed catheter related septicemia with Corynebacterium jeikeium is presented to point out the importance of microorganisms of the normal flora, which were dismissed as contaminants in Clinical Microbiology Laboratories in the past.

Keywords: Corynebacterium jeikeium, Catheter related infections, Septicemia.

Corresponding Author: Özay Arıkan Akan, Türkiye
Manuscript Language: English

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