Publications
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| enzymatic and hemolytic properties of propionibacterium acnes and related bacteria. | the production of chondroitin sulfatase, hyaluronidase, deoxyribonuclease, gelatinase, phosphatase, lecithinase, and hemolysins was examined in 95 strains of propionibacterium acnes and four related species of anaerobic, respectively, microaerophilic coryneform bacteria (p. avidum, p. lymphophilum, p. granulosum, and corynebacterium minutissimum). all enzymes could be demonstrated in at least one representative of the species tested. those propionibacterium species most frequently found in acne ... | 1977 | 201661 |
| corynebacterium pseudogenitalium sp. nov. commensals of the human male and female urogenital tracts. | antisera to corynebacterium genitalium types c-1 to c-6 were prepared in rabbits and the titers of complement fixing antibodies to the homologous strains, to the heterologous strains, to c. genitalium types i to v, and to the reference species corynebacterium xerosis and corynebacterium minutissimum ascertained. five types stimulated low levels of cross-reacting antibodies to all corynebacteria tested including type c-3. in contrast the antiserum to type c-3 had antibodies to only two heterologo ... | 1979 | 429123 |
| antimicrobiol susceptibility of propinibacterium acnes and related microbial species. | the minimal inhibitory concentrations of 32 antimicrobial agents were established for 73 strains of propionibacterium acnes and four related species (p. granulosum, p. avidum, corynebacterium minutissimum, and c. parvum). most strains showed good susceptibility to those agents usually considered active against gram-positive organisms. with the exception of c. minutissimum, the strains tested revealed more or less identical susceptibility ranges. the lowest minimal inhibitory concentrations were ... | 1976 | 984781 |
| three cases of opportunistic infection caused by propionic acid producing corynebacterium minutissimum. | 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. | 1992 | 1396773 |
| high-performance liquid chromatography of corynomycolic acids as a tool in identification of corynebacterium species and related organisms. | a high-performance liquid chromatography (hplc) study of 307 strains of corynebacterium species and related taxa revealed that strains classified as "corynebacterium aquaticum"; "corynebacterium asperum"; and centers for disease control (cdc) groups 1, 2, a-3, a-4, a-5, b-1, b-3, e, f-2, and i-2 as well as some unidentified coryneforms do not contain any corynomycolic acids; therefore, they should not be included in the genus corynebacterium. such an hplc method of identification permitted the c ... | 1992 | 1624556 |
| corynebacterium minutissimum infection. | two cases of infection due to corynebacterium minutissimum are described. on the basis of biochemical tests the organisms were thought at first to be corynebacterium jeikeium. methods of distinguishing between these species and the role of c. minutissimum in the pathogenesis of erythrasma and other skin infections are discussed. | 1991 | 1885917 |
| microbial ecology of interdigital infections of toe web spaces. | the microbial flora of normal and macerated interdigital toe web spaces was qualitatively and quantitatively identified in 77 patients. dermatophyte fungi were recovered from 11% of normal patients compared with a 31% recovery from patients with macerated interspaces. macerated interspaces were characterized by a greater recovery of organisms with pathogenic potential, with staphylococcus aureus recovered from 36% of patients, micrococcus sedentarius in 37%, brevibacterium epidermidis in 54%, co ... | 1990 | 2319017 |
| the auckland skin clinic tinea pedis and erythrasma study. | three hundred consecutive patients attending the auckland hospital dermatology clinic were examined clinically and microbiologically for evidence of interdigital or plantar mycological or bacterial infection. one hundred and nine patients were shown by laboratory investigation to have an infection. of these, only 89 displayed clinical signs of infection. erythrasma, a desquamative condition caused by corynebacterium minutissimum, was the commonest infection in this study. the commonest dermatoph ... | 1990 | 2385417 |
| keratinolytic activity of cutaneous and oral bacteria. | a test was developed to measure the keratinolytic activity of cutaneous and oral bacteria. keratin, labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate, was used in a phosphate buffer (ph 7.2) with 1 mm dithiothreitol. the degradation of keratin was estimated by measuring the fluorescence of the degradation products in the supernatant of the reaction mixtures in a luminescence spectrometer. several oral and cutaneous bacteria were investigated: bacteroides gingivalis, bacteroides intermedius, treponema dent ... | 1987 | 2434427 |
| [pitted keratolysis of hyperkeratotic form and isolation of the etiologic agent: corynebacterium sp]. | two cases of "pitted keratolysis" with a very accentuated plantar hyperkeratosis, and the isolation on chocolate thelurite agar of the presumptive etiologic agent, corynebacterium sp., is presented. in order to keep permanently in mind, for a proper diagnosis, the original description of the disease as "keratoma plantare sulcatum" (castellani, 1910), we are proposing to distinguish two different clinical forms: the hyperkeratotic one and the common or usual form of "pitted keratolysis" with kera ... | 1987 | 3309502 |
| corynebacterium minutissimum bacteremia in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis. | serious infections and sepsis due to nondiphtheria corynebacteria have been well described. a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis, who developed corynebacterium minutissimum bacteremia, is described in this report. corynebacterium minutissimum is the causative agent of erythrasma and to our knowledge, this is the first published report of septicemia due to this organism. | 1986 | 3465494 |
| embolic retinopathy due to corynebacterium minutissimum endocarditis. | infective embolic retinopathy as a sequela of bacterial endocarditis is described in a 31-year-old woman with mitral valve prolapse. the infective organism, corynebacterium minutissimum, has not been previously found to cause ocular or multisystem diseases. it is a common mucocutaneous inhabitant which causes erythrasma. in our case report both ocular involvement and septicaemia were present. the infection was confirmed by positive serial blood cultures. mitral valve prolapse was confirmed by ec ... | 1985 | 3965026 |
| simple medium for pigment production by the erythrasma diphtheroid. | a simple method for the isolation and identification of the causative diphtheroid of erythrasma, corynebacterium minutissimum, utilizes muiller-hinton agar. | 1969 | 4888864 |
| bacterial invasion of the stratum corneum in erythrasma. i. ultrastructural evidence for a keratolytic action experted by corynebacterium minutissimum. | 1967 | 6065118 | |
| the fine structure of corynebacterium minutissimum. | 1967 | 6065760 | |
| recurrent breast abscesses caused by corynebacterium minutissimum. | a 42-year-old woman developed severe, recurrent breast abscesses caused by corynebacterium minutissimum. prior reports of c. minutissimum infection have been limited to erythrasma, a minor dermatosis. the microbiological and clinical features of this species were reviewed. | 1984 | 6520230 |
| comparison of e-test with broth microdilution and disk diffusion for susceptibility testing of coryneform bacteria. | the susceptibilities of 135 coryneform bacteria isolated from clinical samples to ampicillin (amp), cephalothin (cr), cefoxitin (fox), cefotaxime (ctx), erythromycin (e), ciprofloxacin (cip), tetracycline (te), amikacin (ak), vancomycin (va), and rifampin (r) were determined by disk diffusion, broth microdilution, and the e-test. the following species (number of isolates in parentheses) were included: corynebacterium urealyticum (30), corynebacterium minutissimum (20), coryneform cdc group anf-1 ... | 1995 | 7615748 |
| antimicrobial susceptibilities of corynebacterium species and other non-spore-forming gram-positive bacilli to 18 antimicrobial agents. | the susceptibilities of 265 strains of corynebacterium species and other non-spore-forming gram-positive bacilli to 18 antimicrobial agents were tested. most strains were susceptible to vancomycin, doxycycline, and fusidic acid. corynebacterium jeikeium and corynebacterium urealyticum were the most resistant organisms tested. resistance to beta-lactams, clindamycin, erythromycin, azythromycin, ciprofloxacin and gentamicin was common among strains of corynebacterium xerosis and corynebacterium mi ... | 1995 | 7695308 |
| pyelonephritis caused by corynebacterium minutissimum. | 1994 | 7892090 | |
| polymicrobial central venous catheter sepsis involving a multiantibiotic-resistant strain of corynebacterium minutissimum. | 1994 | 7948533 | |
| comparative in vitro activities of new quinolones against coryneform bacteria. | the in vitro activities of eight quinolones against 115 coryneform bacteria (20 corynebacterium jeikeium, 15 corynebacterium minutissimum, 15 corynebacterium striatum, 25 corynebacterium urealyticum, 10 corynebacterium xerosis, 10 corynebacterium group anf-1, 10 corynebacterium group 12, and 10 listeria monocytogenes) were determined. the mics of ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and sparfloxacin for 90% of c. jeikeium, c. urealyticum, and c. xerosis isolates tested were > 16 micrograms/ml. those of bay ... | 1994 | 8092851 |
| photochemical inactivation of pathogenic bacteria in human platelet concentrates. | platelet concentrates (pc) may be infrequently contaminated with low levels of bacteria that can cause septicemia and death in patients receiving transfusion therapy. we evaluated the efficacy of a photochemical decontamination (pcd) technique using 8-methoxypsoralen (8-mop) and long wavelength uv light (uva) to inactivate bacteria in standard therapeutic pc. twelve phylogenetically distinct pathogenic bacteria, 5 gram-positive and 7 gram-negative organisms, were seeded into pc to a final challe ... | 1994 | 8167348 |
| tinea pedis. | tinea pedis is a term used to encompass several clinically distinctive infections of the skin of the foot. dermatophytic fungi are primarily responsible for these infections. several nondermatophytes have been implicated in some patients, particularly for nail infections. the major clinical variants are (1) interdigital infections in which dermatophytes initiate the process by damaging the stratum corneum while the subsequent maceration and leukokeratosis results from overgrowth of bacteria such ... | 1993 | 8312143 |
| comparative chemotaxonomic studies of mycolic acid-free coryneform bacteria of human origin. | forty-two clinical isolates were classified as corynebacterium minutissimum, corynebacterium striatum, and corynebacterium cdc group i by the api coryne system. the chemotaxonomic characteristics of the isolates were determined by thin-layer chromatographic analysis. twenty-six isolates were found to have a type iv cell wall (meso-di-aminopimelic acid arabinose, galactose) but did not contain mycolic acids. these 26 isolates shared chemotaxonomic characteristics with those of mycolic acid-free r ... | 1993 | 8370733 |
| numerical analysis of fatty and mycolic acid profiles of corynebacterium urealyticum and other related corynebacteria. | the fatty and mycolic acid profiles of 52 strains of clinical origin belonging to corynebacterium urealyticum were subjected to numerical analysis along with those of representative members of corynebacterium ammoniagenes, corynebacterium bovis, corynebacterium glutamicum, corynebacterium jèikeium, corynebacterium minutissimum, corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum, corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, corynebacterium xerosis, corynebacterium renale, corynebacterium cystitidis, "corynebacterium ul ... | 1993 | 8397966 |
| nonfluorescent erythrasma of the vulva. | erythrasma is an uncommon vulvar infection, best diagnosed by its fluorescence under the wood lamp. this report shows that despite a negative wood lamp examination, the diagnosis can be made histologically. | 1993 | 8469500 |
| heterogeneity within corynebacterium minutissimum strains is explained by misidentified corynebacterium amycolatum strains. | forty-eight clinical strains that were tentatively identified as corynebacterium minutissimum on the basis of standard biochemical reactions (hollis-weaver tables) as well as by the use of the api (rapid) coryne system were examined further. two different groups of strains were observed. the first group (including the type strain of c minutissimum) contained 27 strains showing creamy colonies. these strains grew homogeneously in 6.5% nacl broth, exhibited dnase activity, were susceptible to the ... | 1996 | 8816598 |
| corynebacterium minutissimum endophthalmitis: management with antibiotic irrigation of the capsular bag. | chronic endophthalmitis, due to corynebacterium minutissimum, developed in a patient following uncomplicated extracapsular cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens (pc-iol) implantation. in this case, which to our knowledge is the first reported case of corynebacterium minutissimum endophthalmitis, chronic inflammation persisted for 8 months with fluctuations in the inflammation. the specimens from the capsular bag yielded positive culture, but the vitreous culture was negative ... | 1995 | 8864817 |
| a single method to stain malassezia furfur and corynebacterium minutissimum in scales. | the scales are collected by pressing small pieces of scotch tape (about 4 cm length and 2 cm width) onto the lesions and following withdrawal the furfuraceous scales will remain on the glue side. these pieces are then immersed for some minutes in lactophenol-cotton blue stain. following absorption of the stain the scales are washed in current water to remove the excess of blue stain, dried with filter paper, dehydrated via passage in two bottles containing absolute alcohol and then placed in xyl ... | 1996 | 9216113 |
| corynebacterium singulare sp. nov., a new species for urease-positive strains related to corynebacterium minutissimum. | we studied two coryneform strains from clinical specimens. these strains had type iv and corynemycolic acids in their cell walls and also had phenotypic characteristics, such as urease activity and fermentation of glucose and sucrose but not trehalose, which did not permit assignment to any previously recognized taxon. according to dna-dna hybridization data, these two strains are members of the same species (level of dna similarity, 86%). phylogenetic analysis based on comparisons of almost com ... | 1997 | 9336912 |
| prospective study of catalase-positive coryneform organisms in clinical specimens: identification, clinical relevance, and antibiotic susceptibility. | during a 6-month period, all clinical isolates of catalase-positive coryneform organisms, which were isolated during the routine processing of clinical specimens, were characterized in the laboratory of the 1800-bed university hospital of leuven. the distribution of the species in the corynebacteria was: corynebacterium amycolatum 70 (53%), corynebacterium jeikeium 16 (12%), corynebacterium striatum 11 (8%), corynebacterium afermentans 10 (7%), corynebacterium minutissimum 9 (6%), cdc coryneform ... | 1998 | 9488824 |
| in vitro susceptibilities of aerobic and facultative non-spore-forming gram-positive bacilli to hmr 3647 (ru 66647) and 14 other antimicrobials. | the comparative in vitro activity of the ketolide hmr 3647 (ru 66647) and those of structurally related macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin compounds (erythromycin, roxithromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin, josamycin, lincomycin, pristinamycin, and quinupristin-dalfopristin) as well as those of benzylpenicillin, doxycycline, vancomycin, teicoplanin, levofloxacin, and rifapentine against 247 aerobic and facultative non-spore-forming gram-positive bacilli were determined by an agar dilution met ... | 1998 | 9593121 |
| [intertrigo in patients with lower limb lymphedema. clinical and laboratory correlation]. | cutaneous lesions in the interdigital spaces are commonly seen in lymphedema patients and their prevention and suitable care is one of the cornerstones of any successful treatment, by preventing acute inflammations and additional worsening in limb volume and fibrosis. we obtained swab specimens from the interdigital area from 21 patients followed in the lymphedema unit of the department of vascular surgery of the university of são paulo; thirteen of them had lesions suggestive of tinea pedis. th ... | 1998 | 9659735 |
| corynebacterium minutissimum peritonitis in a capd patient. | 1998 | 9663908 | |
| central venous catheter-related corynebacterium minutissimum bacteremia. | although corynebacterium minutissimum is well-known as the cause of erythrasma, it is noted as the etiologic agent of nondermatologic disease only rarely. we document this organism as a cause of central venous catheter-associated bacteremia and report the use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to characterize its molecular epidemiology. | 1998 | 9801290 |
| skin bacteriology and the role of staphylococcus aureus in infection. | many of the staphylococci and coryneforms that inhabit normal human skin do not cause skin disease. amongst the remainder the mechanisms of pathogenicity vary widely. for proteus, pseudomonas and brevibacterium species proteolysis is a major determinant. the precise role of corynebacterium minutissimum in erythrasma and the propionibacteria in acne is not known. staphylococcus aureus, however, produces a wide range of non-specific agents, such as haemolysins and leucocidins as well as highly spe ... | 1998 | 9990407 |
| identification of nonlipophilic corynebacteria isolated from dairy cows with mastitis. | nonlipophilic corynebacteria associated with clinical and subclinical mastitis in dairy cows were found to belong to four species: corynebacterium amycolatum, corynebacterium ulcerans, corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, and corynebacterium minutissimum. these species may easily be confused. however, clear-cut differences between c. ulcerans and c. pseudotuberculosis were found in their acid production from maltotriose and ethylene glycol, susceptibility to vibriostatic agent o129, and alkaline ... | 1999 | 10074508 |
| in-vitro activity of levofloxacin, ofloxacin and d-ofloxacin against coryneform bacteria and listeria monocytogenes. | the objective of this study was to evaluate the in-vitro activity of levofloxacin, ofloxacin and d-ofloxacin compared with ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin and sparfloxacin against coryneform bacteria and listeria monocytogenes isolated from clinical samples. the following organisms (and number of strains) were studied: corynebacterium jeikeium (20), corynebacterium urealyticum (20), corynebacterium minutissimum (20), corynebacterium striatum (20), corynebacterium amycolatum (30), brevibacterium spp. ... | 1999 | 10404334 |
| corynebacterium simulans sp. nov., a non-lipophilic, fermentative corynebacterium. | three coryneform strains isolated from clinical samples were analysed. these strains fitted the biochemical profile of corynebacterium striatum by conventional methods. however, according to recently described identification tests for fermenting corynebacteria, the strains behaved rather like corynebacterium minutissimum. the three isolates could be distinguished from c. minutissimum by a positive nitrate and nitrite reductase test and by not fermenting maltose; from c. striatum by their inabili ... | 2000 | 10826822 |
| a case of costochondral abscess due to corynebacterium minutissimum in an hiv-infected patient. | corynebacterium minutissimum, known as the causative agent of erythrasma, has recently been reported as a clinically significant pathogen in the immunocompromised host. we report for the first time the possible involvement of a multidrug-resistant c. minutissimum strain in a costochondral abscess occurring in an hiv-infected patient. | 2000 | 11041706 |
| killing of cutaneous microbial species by photodynamic therapy. | photodynamic therapy (pdt) utilizes photosensitizers and light. whereas pdt use in cancer treatment has been widely accepted, antimicrobial pdt (apdt) is still in its early stages of development. | 2001 | 11251558 |
| the bactericidal activities of hmr 3004, hmr 3647 and erythromycin against gram-positive bacilli and development of resistance. | the bactericidal activities of two new ketolides, hmr 3004 and hmr 3647, and the potential to develop resistance to these two antibiotics were studied in gram-positive bacilli. as judged by time-kill kinetics both ketolides were mostly bacteriostatic, being bactericidal against only highly susceptible isolates of corynebacterium striatum (two isolates) and corynebacterium minutissimum (one isolate). spontaneous resistant mutants were detected in seven of 30 strains tested, mainly in rhodococcus ... | 1999 | 11252337 |
| activities of gemifloxacin and five other antimicrobial agents against listeria monocytogenes and coryneform bacteria isolated from clinical samples. | the in vitro activities of gemifloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ampicillin, doxycycline, gentamicin, and vancomycin were evaluated against 15 listeria monocytogenes strains and 205 coryneform bacteria isolated from clinical samples. the percentages of strains inhibited by gemifloxacin at 0.5 microg/ml were 100% (l. monocytogenes), 93.3% (brevibacterium spp.), 90% (corynebacterium minutissimum), 42.5% (corynebacterium amycolatum), 20% (corynebacterium striatum), 12.5% (corynebacterium jeikeium), and 10% ... | 2001 | 11451706 |
| management of cutaneous erythrasma. | corynebacterium minutissimum is the bacteria that leads to cutaneous eruptions of erythrasma and is the most common cause of interdigital foot infections. it is found mostly in occluded intertriginous areas such as the axillae, inframammary areas, interspaces of the toes, intergluteal and crural folds, and is more common in individuals with diabetes mellitus than other clinical patients. this organism can be isolated from a cutaneous site along with a concurrent dermatophyte or candida albicans ... | 2002 | 12010076 |
| corynebacterium aurimucosum sp. nov. and emended description of corynebacterium minutissimum collins and jones (1983). | two coryneform bacteria isolated from human clinical specimens were characterized by phenotypic and molecular taxonomic methods. chemotaxonomic investigations revealed the presence of cell-wall chemotype iv and short-chain mycolic acids consistent with the genus corynebacterium sensu stricto. comparative 16s rrna gene sequence analysis showed that the two strains are genealogically highly related (99.8% sequence similarity) and constitute a new subline within the genus corynebacterium, with cory ... | 2002 | 12054216 |
| corynebacterium minutissimum bacteremia in an immunocompetent host with cellulitis. | since its original description in 1961, corynebacterium minutissimum, the causative agent of erythrasma, has rarely been associated with extracutaneous disease. we report a case of cellulitis and bacteremia due to c. minutissimum. we discuss the treatment of c. minutissimum infection and describe the clinical settings in which isolation of corynebacterium species from blood cultures should be considered significant. | 2002 | 12145741 |
| comparative in vitro activity of faropenem and 11 other antimicrobial agents against 405 aerobic and anaerobic pathogens isolated from skin and soft tissue infections from animal and human bites. | faropenem, a new oral beta-lactam agent with a penem structure, was very active against 405 aerobic and anaerobic bite isolates. it inhibited 232 of 236 (98%) aerobic isolates, including all pasteurella spp. and eikenella corrodens at < or = 0.25 mg/l, and 164/169 (97%) anaerobic isolates, at < or = 1 mg/l. the 10 isolates that required > or = 2 mg/l for inhibition were one strain each of acinetobacter lwoffi, corynebacterium minutissimum, bacteroides ovatus, lactobacillus delbrueckii and peptos ... | 2002 | 12205068 |
| innate immune responses of human neonatal cells to bacteria from the normal gastrointestinal flora. | the hygiene hypothesis postulates that the prevalence of allergy has increased due to decreased microbial stimulation early in life, leading to delayed maturation of the immune system. the aim of this study was to examine the cytokine pattern produced from cord blood mononuclear cells relative to adult cells after stimulation with bacterial strains from the normal flora. mononuclear cells from cord and adult blood samples were stimulated with the following bacteria: bifidobacterium adolescentis, ... | 2002 | 12438343 |
| cutaneous granulomas caused by corynebacterium minutissimum in an hiv-infected man. | 2002 | 12482058 | |
| activities of abt-773 against listeria monocytogenes and coryneform bacteria of clinical interest. | the in vitro activities of abt-773 were evaluated against 15 listeria monocytogenes strains and 196 coryneform bacteria isolated from clinical samples. one hundred percent of the l. monocytogenes strains were inhibited by </=0.015 micro g of abt-773/ml. mics of abt-773 ( micro g/ml) at which 50% of the isolates tested were inhibited (mic(50)s) and mic(90)s for other organisms were 0.125 and 0.5 (corynebacterium amycolatum), 1 and >32 (corynebacterium jeikeium), 0.03 and >32 (corynebacterium minu ... | 2003 | 12654678 |
| photochemical treatment of platelet concentrates with amotosalen and long-wavelength ultraviolet light inactivates a broad spectrum of pathogenic bacteria. | bacterial contamination of platelet (plt) concentrates can result in transfusion-transmitted sepsis. a photochemical treatment (pct) process with amotosalen hcl and long-wavelength ultraviolet light (uva), which cross-links nucleic acids, was developed to inactivate bacteria and other pathogens in plt concentrates. | 2004 | 15383024 |
| corynebacterium minutissimum pyelonephritis with associated bacteraemia: a case report and review of literature. | we report a case of corynebacterium minutissimum pyelonephritis with associated bacteraemia in an immunocompetent adult. the patient was successfully treated with a 14-day course of intravenous vancomycin. we review the clinical features of all the reported cases of invasive c. minutissimum infections with bacteraemia. | 2005 | 16321644 |
| photodynamic action of red light for treatment of erythrasma: preliminary results. | erythrasma is a superficial cutaneous infection caused by corynebacterium minutissimum and is characterized by fluorescence under wood's light (uv) because of the presence of porphyrins. these molecules are photosensitizing and we propose to assess efficacy of red light that activates porphyrins (photodynamic reaction) in treatment of this pathology. | 2006 | 16719870 |
| corynebacterium minutissimum endocarditis: a case report and review. | we present a rare case of infectious endocarditis in a 40-year old male with native valve, caused by corynebacterium minutissimum. the diagnosis was established with transesophageal echocardiogram. the patient was managed successfully with antibiotic therapy. | 2007 | 16757031 |
| identification of the emerging skin pathogen corynebacterium amycolatum using pcr-amplification of the essential diviva gene as a target. | the actinomycete corynebacterium amycolatum is a saprophytic bacterium usually associated with the human skin, but it is at present considered an emergent pathogen as it is isolated from nosocomial settings from samples of immunosuppressed patients. the conventional method to distinguish c. amycolatum from closely related species is mainly based on phenotypic or chemotaxonomic studies. we developed a molecular method to identify rapidly c. amycolatum based on the use of different primers for amp ... | 2006 | 17147766 |
| 3-methyl-3-sulfanylhexan-1-ol as a major descriptor for the human axilla-sweat odour profile. | this study sets out to redress the lack of knowledge in the area of volatile sulfur compounds (vscs) in axillary sweat malodour. sterile odourless underarm sweat (500 ml) was collected from 30 male volunteers after excessive sweating. five strains of bacteria, corynebacterium tuberculostearicum, corynebacterium minutissimum, staphylococcus epidermidis, staphylococcus haemolyticus, and bacillus licheniformis, were isolated and characterised for their ability to generate an authentic axillary odou ... | 2004 | 17191896 |
| corynebacterium minutissimum bacteremia and meningitis: a case report and review of literature. | corynebacterium minutissimum, the causative agent of erythrasma, is a gram-positive, non-spore forming, aerobic or facultative anaerobic bacillus. it has rarely been associated with extracutaneous disease, since its description in 1961. a computerized medline search for review of literature was performed. to our knowledge, there have been 18 cases of c. minutissimum infections that caused conditions other than erythrasma. these include reports of cases of abscess formation, intravascular cathete ... | 2008 | 18036665 |
| etiology of foot intertrigo in the district of afyonkarahisar, turkey: a bacteriologic and mycologic study. | foot intertrigo, occurring in the interdigital space, is mostly caused initially by dermatophytes and yeasts and less frequently by gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. with time, a "complex" may develop in the setting of moisture and maceration that contains multiple fungal and bacterial organisms. | 2008 | 18202333 |
| release of antimicrobial actives from microcapsules by the action of axillary bacteria. | we describe the use of unique microcapsules that may be degraded by the actions of bacteria. these microcapsules are approximately 35 mum in diameter, are composed of natural protein, and may be filled with a variety of actives. we describe the use of antimicrobial actives such as farnesol and methylparaben to demonstrate that their release by the degradative actions of axillary bacteria such as corynebacterium minutissimum, c. urealyticum, and staphylococcus epidermidis leads to their demise. t ... | 2006 | 18492144 |
| [interdigital erythrasma: clinical, epidemiologic, and microbiologic findings]. | erythrasma is a superficial infection caused by corynebacterium minutissimum and affects the major skin folds and the interdigital regions of the feet. it is characterized by erythematous, brown, scaly patches and maceration, and exhibits coral-red fluorescence under wood light. | 2008 | 18558055 |
| microbiological and host features associated with corynebacteriosis in cancer patients: a five-year study. | during a five-year period, 932 clinical isolates from cancer patients treated in a brazilian reference centre were identified as corynebacteria; 86% of the cultures came from patients who had been clinically and microbiologically classified as infected and 77.1% of these patients had been hospitalised (71.1% from surgical wards). the adult solid tumour was the most common underlying malignant disease (66.7%). the univariate and multivariate analyses showed that hospitalised patients had a six-fo ... | 2009 | 19876565 |
| potent antimicrobial action of triclosan-lysozyme complex against skin pathogens mediated through drug-targeted delivery mechanism. | triclosan (tcs), an antimicrobial agent that inhibits bacterial fatty acid synthesis by blocking the active site of enoyl-acp reductase (fabi), is a water-insoluble agent that limits its therapeutic candidacy. we have recently shown that the water solubility and antimicrobial activity of tcs were greatly enhanced when complexed to lysozyme (lz). this study is to examine the therapeutic potential of triclosan-lysozyme (t-lz) complex against common skin pathogens expressing different levels of fab ... | 2010 | 21078387 |
| [antibiotic resistance of coryneform bacteria isolated from the reproductive tract of women]. | the species composition, antilysozyme activity and antibiotic resistance of coryneform bacteria, isolated from the reproductive tract of women with microecological disturbances, were studied. sixty six women without microecological disturbances and 102 female patients with microecological disturbances in the reproductive tract were examined. the study showed that corynebacterium minutissimum, c. amycolatum, c. group jk, c. bovis and c. pseudodiphtheriticum prevailed in the healthy women. in the ... | 2010 | 21400755 |
| The prevalence of interdigital erythrasma in southern region of Turkey. | Background Erythrasma is a skin infection which is caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum. Interdigital erythrasma is the most common form. Objective The aim of this study was to detect the frequency and risk factors of interdigital erythrasma in patients with clinically suspected tinea pedis. Methods This study was conducted between June and December 2010 and included 122 patients who had interdigital foot lesions. All patients were examined using a Wood's lamp. The smears were stained using ... | 2011 | 21977942 |
| identification of non-diphtheriae corynebacterium by use of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. | we evaluated the bruker biotyper matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (maldi-tof) mass spectrometry for identification of 92 clinical isolates of corynebacterium species in comparison to identification using rpob or 16s rrna gene sequencing. eighty isolates (87%) yielded a score of ≥1.700, and all of these were correctly identified to the species level with the exception of corynebacterium aurimucosum being misidentified as the closely related corynebacterium minutissimum. | 2012 | 22075579 |
| Antibiotic susceptibility of Corynebacterium minutissimum isolated from lesions of Turkish patients with erythrasma. | 2011 | 22082845 | |
| corynebacterium minutissimum infecting pseudomeningocele: a rare case. | invasive infections by corynebacterium minutissimum are rarely documented. the significance of laboratory isolation of this bacterium from a sterile specimen such as cerebrospinal fluid is difficult to determine as it usually colonizes the skin. however, repeated isolation in a clinical setting should be treated appropriately. here we report a first case of infected pseudomeningocele by c. minutissimum in an adult woman operated on for falcotentorial psammomatous meningioma. the patient was trea ... | 2014 | 23010538 |
| intertrigo and secondary skin infections. | intertrigo is a superficial inflammatory dermatitis occurring on two closely opposed skin surfaces as a result of moisture, friction, and lack of ventilation. bodily secretions, including perspiration, urine, and feces, often exacerbate skin inflammation. physical examination of skin folds reveals regions of erythema with peripheral scaling. excessive friction and inflammation can cause skin breakdown and create an entry point for secondary fungal and bacterial infections, such as candida, group ... | 2014 | 24695603 |
| corynebacterium minutissimum vascular graft infection: case report and review of 281 cases of prosthetic device-related corynebacterium infection. | corynebacterium spp. have proven their pathogenic potential in causing infections, particularly in the setting of immunosuppression and prosthetic devices. we conducted a pubmed literature review of all cases of corynebacterium prosthetic device infections published in the english language through december 2013. the majority of cases involved peritoneal dialysis and central venous catheters, but prosthetic joints and central nervous system shunts/drains were also involved. the management of thes ... | 2014 | 24934988 |
| [erythrasma: study of 16 cases]. | erythrasma is a chronic bacterial infection due to corynebacterium minutissimum, affecting the interspaces of the toes, the axillary folds and the groin. its impact is underestimated as it is often misdiagnosed ad wrongly taken as a dermatophytic infection. | 2014 | 25224418 |
| [the role of pro- and antioxidants of microorganisms in regulation of symbiosis homeostasis mechanisms (on the model of human vaginal biotope)]. | study the production of bacterial pro- and antioxidants in vaginal biotope and analysis of their role in regulation of symbiosis homeostasis mechanisms. | 2014 | 25286506 |
| interdigital foot infections: corynebacterium minutissimum and agents of superficial mycoses. | interdigital foot infections are mostly caused initially by dermatophytes, yeasts and less frequently by bacteria. erythrasma caused by corynebacterium minutissimum can be confused with superficial mycoses. the aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of the etiologic agents of superficial mycoses and the frequency of corynebacterium minutissimum in interdigital foot infections. all the samples obtained from the 121 patients with interdigital foot infections were examined directly with t ... | 2014 | 25477907 |
| postoperative abdominal infection caused by corynebacterium minutissimum. | corynebacterium minutissimum is a non-spore forming, gram-positive, aerobic or facultative anaerobic bacillus. it is the causative organism of erythrasma, a common superficial infection of skin, which typically presents as reddish-brown macular patches. to date, it has rarely been found to cause invasive disease, although other non-diphtheria corynebacteria are becoming increasingly common as opportunistic pathogens. we report on a rare case of abdominal infection due to c. minutissimum in an im ... | 2014 | 25566407 |
| complete genome sequence of corynebacterium minutissimum, an opportunistic pathogen and the causative agent of erythrasma. | corynebacterium minutissimum was first isolated in 1961 from infection sites of patients presenting with erythrasma, a common cutaneous infection characterized by a rash. since its discovery, c. minutissimum has been identified as an opportunistic pathogen in immunosuppressed cancer and hiv patients. here, we report the whole-genome sequence of c. minutissimum. | 2015 | 25792058 |
| the prevalence of interdigital erythrasma: a prospective study from an outpatient clinic in turkey. | erythrasma is a superficial skin infection caused by corynebacterium minutissimum . interdigital erythrasma is the most common form and is easily confused with tinea pedis. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of interdigital erythrasma in patients with clinically suspected tinea pedis. | 2015 | 25815650 |
| airborne bacterial contaminations in typical chinese wet market with live poultry trade. | chinese wet markets with live poultry trade have been considered as major sources of pathogen dissemination, and sites for horizontal transfer of bacterial and viral pathogens. in this study, the pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic resistant genes (args) in air samples collected at a typical chinese wet market had been analysis and quantified. corynebacterium minutissimum and other pathogenic bacteria accounted for 0.81-8.02% of the whole microbial community in different air samples. the four arg ... | 2016 | 27503629 |
| diphtheroids-important nosocomial pathogens. | diphtheroids are defined as aerobic, non-sporulating, pleomorphic gram-positive bacilli which are more uniformly stained than corynebacterium diphtheriae, lack the metachromatic granules and are arranged in a palisade manner. they are usually commensals of the skin and mucous membranes. they differ from c.diphtheriae in biochemical rea-ctions as well as in toxin production. since, they are usually found as commensals on the skin, they are often considered as mere contaminants when isolated from ... | 2016 | 28208859 |