Arcanobacterium haemolyticum associated with pyothorax: case report

Arcanobacterium haemolyticum has an established role in the etiology of human pharyngitis. There are increasing reports of systemic infections caused by this organism. From India, we report the first case of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum causing pyothorax in an immunocompetent adolescent male patient...

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Main Authors: Parija, Subhash Chandra, Kaliaperumal, Venkatesh, Kumar, Saka Vinod, Sujatha, Sistla, Babu, Venkateshwara, Balu, V
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2005
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1236925/