Not always a commensal: A case of mastitis by Corynebacterium amycolatum
| Autor: | Mridu Anand, Vishnu Rao, N Pavani, Kalyani Borde, Milap Shah |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
biology
business.industry medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Virulence Granulomatous infections Corynebacteria Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Stain Article law.invention Mastitis Microbiology Agar plate Infectious Diseases Gram staining law Medicine Corynebacterium amycolatum business Gram-Positive Rod Breast abscess |
| Zdroj: | IDCases IDCases, Vol 20, Iss, Pp e00728-(2020) |
| ISSN: | 2214-2509 |
| Popis: | Gram positive rods seen on Gram’s stain are often dismissed as skin commensal organisms. Diphtheroids (Non-diphtherial Corynebacterium species), as they are collectively called, are taken as harmless bystanders in a skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI). However, emerging evidence has established virulence factors in some of these species leading to various infections. Here, we describe a case of mastitis in a 43 year old female caused by Corynebacterium amycolatum. The organism was seen as thick Gram positive rods on Gram stain and was isolated as a pure growth on Blood agar. Identification was done on Vitek-2 and confirmed by matrix assisted laser desorption-ionization - Time-offlight (MALDI-TOF). Patient was managed successfully with surgical excision and antibiotics. |
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