Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Cutaneous infection caused by Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum: a microbiological report |
| Authors: |
Cantarelli, Vlademir Vicente, Brodt, Teresa Cristina Z., Secchi, Carina, Inamine, Everton, Pereira, Fabiana de Souza |
| Source: |
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. February 2008 50(1) |
| Publisher Information: |
Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2008. |
| Publication Year: |
2008 |
| Subject Terms: |
Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum, Cutaneous infection, Skin ulcer, Skin pathogens |
| More Details: |
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. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
text/html |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
0036-4665 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/S0036-46652008000100011 |
| Access URL: |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652008000100011 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edssci.S0036.46652008000100011 |
| Database: |
SciELO |
