Cutaneous Manifestations of Infection with Corynebacterium Group JK

Dan, Michael; Somer, Ilan; Knobel, B; Gutman, Ruth

doi:10.1093/clinids/10.6.1204

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“…Second, C. jeikeium was shown to cause native valve endocarditis and cavitary pneumonia in immunocompetent patients [11,30,31]. Third, C. jeikeium infections led to new, expanded clinical manifestations, such as pulmonary infiltrates in patients with bone marrow disorders [32], skin rashes [33,34], septic cutaneous emboli and soft tissue infections [33], meningitis, and ventriculitis [for additional references see authoritative reviews 6,8].…”

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Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (Agar Disk Diffusion and Agar Dilution) of Clinical Isolates of <i>Corynebacterium jeikeium</i>

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Geipel²,

Leonhard³

et al. 1998

Chemotherapy

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Thirty-three clinical isolates of Corynebacterium jeikeium were examined for susceptibility to 27 antimicrobial drugs with the agar dilution test. Sheep-blood-supplemented Mueller-Hinton agar performed better than Wilkins-Chalgren agar. Disk susceptibility (Bauer-Kirby) tests were carried out in parallel with 24 of the chemotherapeutic agents. All isolates were susceptible to teicoplanin and vancomycin. All isolates resisted fosfomycin, mupirocin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. The isolates varied in susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, fusidic acid, ofloxacin, and tetracycline; most were susceptible to rifampin. Surprisingly few discrepancies between agar dilution and disk diffusion tests were encountered when utilizing NCCLS interpretive criteria currently valid for enterococcal isolates.

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confidence: 99%

Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (Agar Disk Diffusion and Agar Dilution) of Clinical Isolates of <i>Corynebacterium jeikeium</i>

Traub

Geipel²,

Leonhard³

et al. 1998

Chemotherapy

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“…The most recent approach to classification of coryneforms is the reverse transcriptase sequencing of 16S rRNA, which allows the sequencing of over 1,000 nucleotides (38,39). These long (2,20,29,48,54,63,79,92,104,105,129,161,165,221,238,239,242). The paucity of reports of C. jeikeium infections in Great Britain, compared with the United States, may be due to differences in identification procedures (106).…”

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“…Infections continue to be reported mainly in patients who are immunocompromised (especially by malignancies) and those with medical devices (e.g., vascular or implanted access catheters), particularly when these patients have been hospitalized for prolonged periods, have breaks in their integument, or have previously received broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy (48,104,141,186). A new trend, however, has been the increasing recognition of C. jeikeium infections in patients who are immunocompetent and occasionally in those who are outpatients (2,29,142).…”

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“…These include pulmonary infiltrates (235), skin rashes (48,77), and septic cutaneous emboli and softtissue infections (48,96). Pulmonary infections have now been described in 16 patients, all of whom were immunocompromised by bone marrow disorders (235).…”

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“…Pulmonary infections have now been described in 16 patients, all of whom were immunocompromised by bone marrow disorders (235). A recent review noted that 23 (26%) of 89 patients with C. jeikeium septicemia, all of whom were granulocytopenic, developed cutaneous or soft-tissue manifestations (48). C. jeikeium is also increasingly recognized as a cause of device-related nosocomial infections (2,54,63,79,161,170).…”

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Coryneform bacteria in infectious diseases: clinical and laboratory aspects

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Coryneform isolates from clinical specimens frequently cannot be identified by either reference laboratories or research laboratories. Many of these organisms are skin flora that belong to a large number of taxonomic groups, only 40% of which are in the genus Corynebacterium. This review provides an update on clinical presentations, microbiological features, and pathogenic mechanisms of infections with nondiphtheria Corynebacterium species and other pleomorphic gram-positive rods. The early literature is also reviewed for a few coryneforms, especially those whose roles as pathogens are controversial. Recognition of newly emerging opportunistic coryneforms is dependent on sound identification schemes which cannot be developed until cell wall analyses and nucleic acid studies have defined the taxonomic groups and all of the reference strains within each taxon have been shown by molecular methods to be authentic members. Only then can reliable batteries of biochemical tests be selected for distinguishing each taxon.

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