Corynebacterium striatum infecting a malignant cutaneous lesion: the emergence of an opportunistic pathogen Corynebacterium striatum infectando lesão cutânea maligna: a emergência de um patógeno oportunista

We described a case of a 27-year old male patient with skin and soft tissue infection of a neoplastic lesion caused by Corynebacterium striatum, an organism which has been rarely described as a human pathogen. Identification was confirmed by DNA sequencing. Successful treatment with penicillin was a...

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Main Authors: Silvana Vargas Superti, Daniela de Souza Martins, Juliana Caierão, Fabiana Soares, Taísa Prochnow, Vlademir Vicente Cantarelli, Alexandre Prehn Zavascki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2009-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652009000200011