Cutaneous infection caused by Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum: a microbiological report
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01/02/2008
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Resumo |
We report here a rare case of cutaneous infection due to Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum. The patient presented to the clinical laboratory with a skin ulcer on his left leg. Gram-stained preparation of the purulent secretion revealed the presence of numerous rod-shaped Gram-positive organisms in the absence of any other species. The organism was grown in pure culture on sheep blood agar and was further identified as C. pseudodiphtheriticum using a commercial identification system (API-Coryne, BioMérieux, France). The infection was successfully treated with ciprofloxacin. This case emphasizes the importance of the clinical microbiology laboratory in correctly identifying Gram-positive organisms obtained in pure culture from skin ulcers. |
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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652008000100011 |
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en |
Publicador |
Instituto de Medicina Tropical |
Fonte |
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo v.50 n.1 2008 |
Palavras-Chave | #Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum #Cutaneous infection #Skin ulcer #Skin pathogens |
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journal article |