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Nosocomial Outbreak of Corynebacterium striatum Infection in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Respiratory Unit, Hospital Joan March, Bunyola, Illes Balears, Spain,¹ Microbiology Service, Fundació Hospital Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Illes, Balears, Spain,² Epidemiology Service, Direcció General de Salut Pública i Participació, Conselleria de Salut i Consum, Govern de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain,³ Program of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Fundació Caubet-CIMERA Illes Balears, International Centre for Advanced Respiratory Medicine, Bunyola, Illes Balears, Spain, and CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias⁴

Received 21 January 2007/ Returned for modification 6 March 2007/ Accepted 26 March 2007

We describe an unusual cluster of Corynebacterium striatum infections in 21 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) admitted to a medium-size respiratory unit. Eleven isolates from eight patients occurred simultaneously within a month. C. striatum is a potentially pathogenic microorganism with the ability to produce nosocomial infectious outbreaks and respiratory colonization in patients with advanced COPD.

Published ahead of print on 4 April 2007.