central venous catheter at the onset Table 3. Cases complicated by septic emboli due to coryneform bacteria bloodstream infection case age/sex pathogen underlying disease central venous catheter at the onset septic emboli reference our case 29/male Corynebacterium striatum acute myelogenous leukemia absent papules on the skin, multiple pulmonary nodules, cerebral infarction 1 72/female coronary disease and hypertension multiple pulmonary nodules 6 2 18/male Corynebacterium jeikeium present 7 Motoharu Shibusawa et al. Multiple Septic Emboli in the Skin, Lungs, and Brain due to Corynebacterium Striatum Bacteremia in a Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. American Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018, Vol. 6, No. 12, 241-246. doi:10.12691/ajmcr-6-12-4 © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Science and Education Publishing.