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Group JK bacteria, aerobic diphtheroid rods, are commonly present on the normal skin and mucous membranes. This group of Corynebacteria, first described in 1976 (1) and designated group JK in 1979 (2), has been recovered from different sources in infected immunocompromised patients. Whereas JK bacteria have rarely colonized normal volunteers, colonization has frequently been observed in hospitalized patients, especially oncological patients (3, 4). Septicemia and other infections also occur only in cancer patients or those with compromised host defenses (1, 5).
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Machka, K., Balg, H. (1986). In Vitro Activity of Ciprofloxacin Against Group JK Corynebacteria. In: Neu, H.C., Reeves, D.S. (eds) Ciprofloxacin. Current Topics in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, vol 1. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-01930-5_14
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