Fatal case of bacteremia caused by an atypical strain of Corynebacterium mucifaciens



Título del documento: Fatal case of bacteremia caused by an atypical strain of Corynebacterium mucifaciens
Revista: The brazilian journal of infectious diseases
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000290995
ISSN: 1413-8670
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Laboratorio Weinmann LTDA, Secao de Biologia Molecular, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
2Laboratorio Weinmann LTDA, Secao de Microbiologia, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Dic
Volumen: 10
Número: 6
Paginación: 416-418
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental
Resumen en inglés Corynebacterium species have often been considered normal skin flora or contaminants; however, in recent years they have been increasingly implicated in serious infections. Moreover, many new species have been discovered and old species renamed, especially after molecular biology techniques were introduced. Corynebacterium mucifaciens is mainly isolated from blood and from other normally-sterile body fluids; it forms slightly yellow, mucoid colonies on blood agar. We report a fatal case of bacteremia due to an atypical strain of C. mucifaciens. This strain had atypical colony morphology; analysis of the 16S rRNA gene was used to define the species
Disciplinas: Medicina,
Biología
Palabras clave: Sistema cardiovascular,
Bacterias,
Genética,
Bacteremia,
Infección sanguínea,
Corynebacterium mucifaciens
Keyword: Medicine,
Biology,
Cardiovascular system,
Bacteria,
Genetics,
Bacteremia,
Blood infection,
Corynebacterium mucifaciens
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