Sinusitis debida a Arcanobacterium haemolyticum
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https://doi.org/10.31053/1853.0605.v58.n1.37050Keywords:
sinusitis, rinitis, Arcanobacterium haemolyticumAbstract
Arcanobacteriuni haeinolyticum is a bacteria 1 ph ary ng e al pa th o gen t h at predominantl y i nfects adolescenis and young
adults. lt rarely causes severe infection. A case of sinusitis in an 18-year-o1d female patient with a skin rash is presented. The strain was susceptible lo erythromicin, ampicilin, vancomicin, cephalotin, clindamicin, rifanipicin and penicillin. Erythrornicin has been proposed as first-line therapy.
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