Literature DB >> 1396773

Three cases of opportunistic infection caused by propionic acid producing Corynebacterium minutissimum.

B Van Bosterhaut1, R Cuvelier, E Serruys, F Pouthier, G Wauters.   

Abstract

Propionic acid producing strains of Corynebacterium minutissimum were isolated from three patients with opportunistic infections. One neutropenic patient was undergoing chemotherapy for prolymphocytic leukemia; the other two patients were undergoing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis respectively. An unusual feature of these three strains was their resistance to several antibiotics, which is seldom seen in diphtheroids other than Corynebacterium jeikeium and CDC group D2.

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Year:  1992        PMID: 1396773     DOI: 10.1007/bf01961672

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis        ISSN: 0934-9723            Impact factor:   3.267


  12 in total

1.  Characterization and identification of 95 diphtheroid (group JK) cultures isolated from clinical specimens.

Authors:  P S Riley; D G Hollis; G B Utter; R E Weaver; C N Baker
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1979-03       Impact factor: 5.948

Review 2.  Coryneform bacteria in infectious diseases: clinical and laboratory aspects.

Authors:  M B Coyle; B A Lipsky
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  1990-07       Impact factor: 26.132

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Authors:  B Van Bosterhaut; G Claeys; J Gigi; G Wauters
Journal:  Eur J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1987-08       Impact factor: 3.267

4.  Corynebacterium minutissimum infection.

Authors:  C L Golledge; G Phillips
Journal:  J Infect       Date:  1991-07       Impact factor: 6.072

5.  Group JK corynebacterium peritonitis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

Authors:  D Pierard; S Lauwers; M C Mouton; J Sennesael; D Verbeelen
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1983-10       Impact factor: 5.948

Review 6.  Infections caused by antibiotic-resistant Corynebacterium group D2.

Authors:  F Soriano; R Fernández-Roblas
Journal:  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis       Date:  1988-06       Impact factor: 3.267

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Authors:  W Riebel; N Frantz; D Adelstein; P J Spagnuolo
Journal:  Rev Infect Dis       Date:  1986 Jan-Feb

8.  Corynebacterium minutissimum bacteremia in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis.

Authors:  J Guarderas; A Karnad; S Alvarez; S L Berk
Journal:  Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis       Date:  1986-11       Impact factor: 2.803

9.  Recurrent breast abscesses caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum.

Authors:  S A Berger; A Gorea; J Stadler; M Dan; M Zilberman
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1984-12       Impact factor: 5.948

10.  Embolic retinopathy due to Corynebacterium minutissimum endocarditis.

Authors:  B J Herschorn; A J Brucker
Journal:  Br J Ophthalmol       Date:  1985-01       Impact factor: 4.638

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Review 1.  Clinical microbiology of coryneform bacteria.

Authors:  G Funke; A von Graevenitz; J E Clarridge; K A Bernard
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  1997-01       Impact factor: 26.132

2.  Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of some recently established coryneform bacteria.

Authors:  G Funke; V Pünter; A von Graevenitz
Journal:  Antimicrob Agents Chemother       Date:  1996-12       Impact factor: 5.191

3.  Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Corynebacterium species and other non-spore-forming gram-positive bacilli to 18 antimicrobial agents.

Authors:  F Soriano; J Zapardiel; E Nieto
Journal:  Antimicrob Agents Chemother       Date:  1995-01       Impact factor: 5.191

4.  Postoperative Abdominal Infection Caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum.

Authors:  Ji Young Shin; Woon Kee Lee; Yiel-Hea Seo; Yoon Soo Park
Journal:  Infect Chemother       Date:  2014-12-29
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