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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2005, p. 5811-5813, Vol. 43, No. 11
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.11.5811-5813.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Laryngeal Scleroma Associated with Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. ozaenae

C. De Champs,1,2* J. F. Vellin,3 L. Diancourt,5 S. Brisse,5 J. L. Kemeny,4 L. Gilain,3 and T. Mom3

Service de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine, 28 Place Henri-Dunant, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France,1 Service de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, CHU Robert Debré, Rue du Général Koenig, 51092 Reims Cedex, France,2 Service d'ORL, Hôpital Gabriel-Montpied, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France,3 Service d'Anatomopathologie, Hôpital Gabriel-Montpied, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France,4 Unité Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes (INSERM U389), Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex, France5

Received 11 March 2005/ Returned for modification 22 May 2005/ Accepted 10 July 2005

Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. ozaenae was isolated from the pharynx of a woman with laryngeal scleroma. K. pneumoniae subsp. ozaenae is rarely isolated from clinical infections and has never been reported in laryngeal scleroma, which is usually caused by K. pneumoniae subsp. rhinoscleromatis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, CHU Robert Debré Rue du Général Koenig, 51092 Reims Cedex, France. Phone: 33 3 26 78 92 51. Fax: 33 3 26 78 41 34. E-mail: cdechamps{at}chu-reims.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2005, p. 5811-5813, Vol. 43, No. 11
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.11.5811-5813.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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