Abstract
A 46-year-old patient was admitted to hospital with a flail chest and multiple trauma. Tracheostomy was performed and mechanical ventilation commenced. Corynebacteriaceae diphtheriae were cultured from the tracheal aspirate. The patient remained asymptomatic. The monitoring and interpretation of tracheal aspirate cultures in intubated patients is stressed.
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