| clonal multidrug-resistant corynebacterium striatum within a nosocomial environment, rio de janeiro, brazil. | corynebacterium striatum is a potentially pathogenic microorganism with the ability to produce outbreaks of nosocomial infections. here, we document a nosocomial outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant (mdr) c. striatum in rio de janeiro, brazil. c. striatum identification was confirmed by 16s rrna and rpob gene sequencing. fifteen c. striatum strains were isolated from adults (half of whom were 50 years of age and older). c. striatum was mostly isolated in pure culture from tracheal aspirates of ... | 2013 | 23440110 |
| biofilm production by multiresistant corynebacterium striatum associated with nosocomial outbreak. | corynebacterium striatum is a potentially pathogenic microorganism that causes nosocomial outbreaks. however, little is known about its virulence factors that may contribute to healthcare-associated infections (hais). we investigated the biofilm production on abiotic surfaces of multidrug-resistant (mdr) and multidrug-susceptible (mds) strains of c. striatum of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis types i-mdr, ii-mdr, iii-mds and iv-mds isolated during a nosocomial outbreak in rio de janeiro, brazil ... | 2015 | 25946249 |