This is a report of a documented case of empyema caused by Corynebacterium pyogenes, successfully treated with penicillin, in a patient presenting with widespread carcinoma of the breast. Also included are a review of the biochemical and cultural characteristics of the organism and a survey of the world's literature on the subject of human infection caused by this bacterium.
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Chlosta et al. (1970) studied this question.