| thin-layer chromatographic analysis of mycolic acid and other long-chain components in whole-organism methanolysates of coryneform and related taxa. | acid methanolysates of strains representing 58 coryneform taxa were examined for mycolic acids and other long-chain constituents by thin-layer chromatography. mycolic esters were detected in the methanolysates of true corynebacteria but not in those from plant pathogenic bacteria, corynebacterium haemolyticum, corynebacterium pyogenes or from representatives of the genera arthrobacter, cellulomonas, curtobacterium, kurthia or oerskovia. thin-layer chromatography of whole-organism methanolysates ... | 1976 | 825611 |
| corynebacterium haemolyticum as human pathogen. | | 1977 | 835952 |
| contribution to the taxonomy of haemolytic corynebacteria. | in an attempt to assess the taxonomic relationships among human (corynebacterium haemolyticum), animal (corynebacterium pyogenes bovis) haemolytic corynebacteria, typical corynebacteria (corynebacterium diphteriae mitis, c. ovis, c. ulcerans) and group a and g streptococci, a number of biochemical parameters were established: the dna content of g + c, the presence of the cytochrome system, composition of fatty acids in free lipids and production of carboxylic acids as end products of fermentatio ... | 1978 | 669489 |
| corynebacterium haemolyticum infections in cambridgeshire. | in the cambridge area, 143 patients infected with corynebacterium haemolyticum were found during the period may 1967 to december 1974. the pharynx was the commonest site of infection and 100 of the 137 pharyngeal infections were in patients aged between 15 and 25 years. such patients usually had a sore throat; about half of them also had a maculopapular rash. the organism and the clinical features which we have come to regard as typical of this infection are briefly described. | 1977 | 269202 |
| corynebacterium haemolyticum. an uncommon cause of throat infection. | | 1978 | 263411 |
| foot ulceration and vertebral osteomyelitis with corynebacterium haemolyticum. | diphtheroid or "coryneform" bacilli are usually considered to be nonpathogenic "normal flora" of human skin and mucous membranes. because bacterial cultures are frequently contaminated with these organisms, the correct diagnosis and proper treatment may be delayed by the failure to recognize serious infections caused by them. this is a report of a 71-year-old woman with a diabetic foot ulcer and corynebacterium haemolyticum osteomyelitis with bacteremia. | 1977 | 857732 |
| septicaemia due to corynebacterium haemolyticum. | the clinical and microbiological features of a case of septicaemia due to corynebacterium haemolyticum are described. isolation of the organism from blood cultures taken at the time of admission, immediate response to penicillin, presence of agglutinating antibodies in high titre in the patient's serum, and our failure to find evidence of infection with any other pathogen suggests a causative role. | 1975 | 1214013 |
| arcanobacterium haemolyticum sepsis and epstein-barr virus infection. | | 1992 | 1321407 |
| isolation of arcanobacterium haemolyticum from patients with pharyngitis in belgium. | during a 40 months period, 49 arcanobacterium haemolyticum strains were isolated from 12,000 throat swabs of patients with pharyngitis originating from 5 belgian provinces. all strains were recovered on sheep blood columbia agar plates, supplemented by nalidixic acid and colistin. in two thirds of the cases, pharyngitis was associated with a rash. half of the cases occurred in the age group between 10 and 20 years and isolates were twice more frequent in females than in males. streptococcus pyog ... | 1992 | 1334318 |
| evaluation of the api coryne test system for identification of actinomyces pyogenes. | the present study was designed to evaluate the accuracy of the api coryne test system for identification of actinomyces pyogenes. the test system correctly identified 36 of 42 a. pyogenes and 4 of 5 comparatively studied arcanobacterium haemolyticum-cultures. the biochemical profiles of the remaining 6 a. pyogenes- and 1 a. haemolyticum-cultures were not included in the analytical profile index. none of the cultures were misidentified. according to the api database (atb plus v 1.5.4.) the uniden ... | 1992 | 1519407 |
| arcanobacterium haemolyticum in children with presumed streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis or scarlet fever. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum was cultured from pharyngeal specimens obtained from 12 of 129 children with pharyngotonsillitis, some of whom had a scarlatiniform rash. this organism should be considered to be a cause of infections that are clinically similar to those caused by beta-hemolytic streptococci. | 1992 | 1432423 |
| differentiation of corynebacterium spp., listeria spp., and related organisms by using fluorogenic substrates. | a total of 228 strains of arcanobacterium haemolyticum, corynebacterium spp., erysipelothix rhusiopathiae, and listeria spp. were investigated for their abilities to hydrolyze 60 different fluorogenic 4-methylumbelliferyl-linked and beta-naphthylamide-linked substrates within 6 and 24 h of incubation. the hydrolysis of a group of 16 fluorogenic substrates, and in particular, the glycosidase tests, in most cases showed high separation values at the genus level. when used in combination with other ... | 1992 | 1583102 |
| [actinomyces pyogenes: conventional and api system bacteriologic study of 103 strains isolated from ruminants]. | one hundred and three strains of actinomyces pyogenes isolated from ruminants were examined for morphological, cultural and biochemical properties by standard tests and by the api 50 ch and api coryne methods. no biotype could be demonstrated, but a few atypical non- or practically non-proteolytic strains were detected which should be differentiated from arcanobacterium haemolyticum. criteria for laboratory identification of a pyogenes were established: gram stain; culture on blood agar; deep ag ... | 1992 | 1610079 |
| evaluation of the rapid ana ii and api zym systems for identification of actinomyces species from clinical specimens. | classification and identification of fermentative actinomycetes are labor-intensive and problematic. in this study, we evaluated the applicability and reliability of the rapid ana ii system (innovative diagnostic systems, inc., atlanta, ga.) and the discriminatory value of the api zym system (societes analytab products inc., la balme les grottes, france) in the identification of actinomyces-like bacteria by using conventional methods as a reference. eighty-five strains, including 71 isolates fro ... | 1992 | 1452693 |
| acute peritonsillar abscess caused by arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | a patient is reported with a peritonsillar abscess yielding arcanobacterium haemolyticum. this appears to be only the fifth such case described in the medical literature and the first from europe. the organism has been reported as an occasional cause of tonsillopharyngitis with rash, resembling infection with streptococcus pyogenes but often unresponsive to penicillin therapy. a. haemolyticum easily passes unrecognized in bacteriological cultures as a result of its slow growth, coryneform appear ... | 1992 | 1479262 |
| arcanobacterium haemolyticum: biology of the organism and diseases in man. | | 1991 | 1766710 |
| arcanobacterium haemolyticum wound infection. | | 1992 | 1569313 |
| human infections with actinomyces pyogenes (corynebacterium pyogenes). | actinomyces pyogenes (corynebacterium pyogenes), a well-known pathogen in many animals, was isolated from 11 danish patients since 1968. bacteriologic characteristics and clinical pictures of the patients are described. ability to hydrolyze gelatine, to produce beta-glucuronidase, to reach with antisera against group-g streptococci, and to produce acid from xylose differentiates a. pyogenes from arcanobacterium haemolyticum, with which it has at times been confused. actinomyces pyogenes is an es ... | 1992 | 1611850 |
| arcanobacterium haemolyticum brain abscess in a child (a case report). | | 1991 | 1752643 |
| selective medium for isolation of arcanobacterium haemolyticum and streptococcus pyogenes. | sheep blood agar using tryptic soy agar base and containing 3.5% sodium chloride was found to facilitate isolation of arcanobacterium haemolyticum and improve isolation of voges-proskauer negative group a (streptococcus pyogenes) and group c and g beta-haemolytic streptococci. commensal oropharyngeal flora such as viridans streptococci, neisseria species, non-haemolytic streptococci and beta-haemolytic streptococci not belonging to groups a, b, c or g were significantly inhibited. | 1991 | 1874249 |
| posttraumatic ankle joint infection with arcanobacterium haemolyticum: a case report. | | 1990 | 2117630 |
| cellular fatty acid composition as an adjunct to the identification of asporogenous, aerobic gram-positive rods. | cellular fatty acid (cfa) compositions of 561 asporogenous, aerobic gram-positive rods were analyzed by gas-liquid chromatography as an adjunct to their identification when grown on blood agar at 35 degrees c. the organisms could be divided into two groups. in the first group (branched-chain type), which included coryneform cdc groups a-3, a-4, and a-5; some strains of b-1 and b-3; "corynebacterium aquaticum"; brevibacterium liquefaciens; rothia dentocariosa; and listeria spp., the rods had siza ... | 1991 | 1899679 |
| the sore throat. when to investigate and when to prescribe. | sore throats are most commonly due to infections, many of which are viral and do not require specific treatment. symptoms and signs of the common cold, influenza or croup, the occurrence of conjunctivitis in some adenoviral infections, generalised lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly in glandular fever or the presence of vesicles characteristic of herpangina (coxsackie a virus) or of herpes simplex infection, occasionally enable a clinical diagnosis and avoid the need for antibiotic therapy. in the ... | 1990 | 2079000 |
| penicillin tolerance in arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | it was previously found that arcanobacterium haemolyticum, which can cause tonsillitis with exanthema, is not eradicated from the pharynx by administration of phenoxymethylpenicillin, despite minimum inhibitory concentration values of 0.015-1.0 micrograms/ml. therefore, recent clinical isolates were studied for penicillin tolerance by using a disk diffusion screening test and a pour plate assay. macrobroth dilution minimum inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations and antibiotic kill kinetics w ... | 1990 | 2105360 |
| selective medium for isolating arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | | 1990 | 2380412 |
| paravertebral abscess due to nondiphtheria coryneform bacteria as a complication of ingrown toenails. | a patient developed a paravertebral abscess due to nondiphtheria coryneform bacteria following infected ingrown toenails. both the causative role of this uncommon pathogen and the unusual origin were established by cultures of tissue from the toes, blood and an aspirate of the paravertebral abscess. the microorganism was tentatively identified as an atypical variant of arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | 1989 | 2493428 |
| phospholipase c in listeria. | the cooperative and antagonistic effect of extracellular bacterial proteins of streptococcus agalactiae, rhodococcus equi, corynebacterium ovis, and corynebacterium haemolyticum with proteins of listerial strains of various sources, species and serovars of the membrane of sheep erythrocytes was investigated. listeria monocytogenes and listeria ivanovii produce, beside listeriolysin, further proteins. their specific effect on the sheep erythrocyte membrane becomes apparent after the appearance of ... | 1989 | 2561039 |
| corynebacterium haemolyticum septicemia in a girl with mononucleosis infectiosa. | many isolates of corynebacterium are dismissed as contaminants by technicians and microbiologists in the laboratory. we report the isolation of corynebacterium haemolyticum from the blood of a 15-year-old girl with mononucleosis infectiosa and conclude that this species should be considered as a possible pathogen and not only be regarded as innocent bacteria, particularly in the immunocompromised host. | 1988 | 3406673 |
| [septicemia caused by arcanobacterium haemolyticum (corynebacterium haemolyticum) and streptococcus milleri]. | | 1986 | 3751438 |
| [pharyngitis caused by arcanobacterium haemolyticum]. | | 1989 | 2729792 |
| comparative studies on actinomyces pyogenes and arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | actinomyces pyogenes and arcanobacterium haemolyticum were further characterized. a. haemolyticum, in contrast to a. pyogenes, gave synergistic hemolytic reactions with streptococci of serological group b and inhibited staphylococcal beta-hemolysis. a. pyogenes and a. haemolyticum had a number of common, as well as distinctly different enzymatic properties, useful for their characterization. extracts from a. pyogenes reacted with antiserum against streptococci of serological group g in contrast ... | 1988 | 3129637 |
| the aerobic bacteriology of infected skin lesions in children of the eastern highlands province. | of 480 children studied, the relative frequency of skin infections divided into three categories were: score 266 (55%), infected scabies 164 (34%) and tropical ulcers 50 (10%). infected scabies was more prevalent in the less than 2 year age group and tropical ulcers were commonest in the 9-12 year age group and these differences were significant. the majority of lesions occurred on the lower extremities with the trunk the least commonly affected area. no significant differences were found in dif ... | 1985 | 3936303 |
| bacterial isolates from nsukka meat market: a zoonotic appraisal. | swabs collected from butchers hands, knives, tables and meat displayed for sale at nsukka meat market showed that every item screened was contaminated. bacteria isolated include streptococcus faecalis, coagulase positive staphylococcus, clostridium perfringens, brucella species, corynebacterium haemolyticum, proteus mirabilis, p. vulgaris, escherichia coli, salmonella enteritidis, enterobacter aerogenes, pseudomonas multophilia, p. rubescens and beta-haemolytic streptococci. the zoonotic or publ ... | 1985 | 4077409 |
| serological recognition of actinomyces pyogenes and arcanobacterium haemolyticum in serum soft agar. | | 1988 | 3381600 |
| brain abscess due to corynebacterium haemolyticum. | | 1973 | 4121979 |
| tonsillitis and rash associated with corynebacterium haemolyticum. | | 1986 | 3782868 |
| corynebacterium haemolyticum as a cause of nonstreptococcal pharyngitis. | | 1986 | 3782869 |
| isolation of corynebacterium haemolyticum. | | 1973 | 4121860 |
| infections in man with corynebacterium haemolyticum. | | 1973 | 4708438 |
| the effect of haemin on growth and cytochrome production in corynebacterium haemolyticum. | | 1973 | 4804217 |
| herd fertility and corynebacterium haemolyticum in bovine semen. | | 1968 | 4952721 |
| [the occurrence of neuraminidase and acylneuraminate pyruvate-lyase in corynebacterium haemolyticum and corynebacterium pyogens (author's transl)]. | | 1973 | 4148903 |
| isolation of corynebacterium haemolyticum from a case of ovine pneumonia. | | 1969 | 5815912 |
| chemical studies as a guide to the classification of corynebacterium pyogenes and "corynebacterium haemolyticum". | the peptidoglycan of corynebacterium pyogenes and "corynebacterium haemolyticum" contained lysine as the dibasic amino acid. in addition, glutamic acid and alanine were detected in the hydrolysates. thin-layer chromatographic analysis of whole-organism methanolysates of c. pyogenes and "c. haemolyticum" revealed the presence of single spots corresponding to simple non-hydroxylated fatty acid methyl esters. the major fatty acid structural types were straight-chain and monounsaturated acids. menaq ... | 1982 | 7077293 |
| septicemia due to corynebacterium haemolyticum. | a 65-year-old man in generally good health presented with symptoms of sepsis and mental confusion. corynebacterium haemolyticum was isolated from three blood cultures, and a significant increase in the titer of immunofluorescent antibodies to the infecting organism was observed. antigen of c. haemolyticum was demonstrated by double immunodiffusion in samples of cerebrospinal fluid and urine. the patient recovered after i.v. administration of 20 mu/day penicillin. this is, to the best of our know ... | 1984 | 6381391 |
| the bacteriology of skin sores in goroka children. | the bacteriology of infected skin lesions was studied in paediatric outpatients. thirty-nine untreated lesions were studied: 37 (95%) grew beta haemolytic streptococci (46% group a, 3% group b, 23% group c, 26% group g), 21 (54%) grew staphylococcus aureus and 13 (33%) grew corynebacterium haemolyticum. no attempt was made to selectively isolate corynebacterium diphtheriae in this study. vincent's organisms were seen in 13 (37%) of 35 gram stains from untreated lesions, including eight (73%) of ... | 1984 | 6598552 |
| corynebacterium haemolyticum infections in sri lanka. | corynebacterium haemolyticum infections are described for the first time in sri lanka. in a period of 2 years from 1978-80 c. haemolyticum was isolated from the pharynx of 9 patients wih tonsillitis and from local septic lesions in 7 other patients. association with other pathogens was common. no patients had a rash. the properties of the isolates are described. | 1981 | 7288179 |
| reclassification of 'corynebacterium haemolyticum' (maclean, liebow & rosenberg) in the genus arcanobacterium gen.nov. as arcanobacterium haemolyticum nom.rev., comb.nov. | 'corynebacterium haemolyticum' (maclean, liebow & rosenberg) differs to such an extent from the type species of corynebacterium, c. diphtheriae (lehmann & neumann), that it should be removed from this genus. chemical and numerical phenetic data indicate that 'c. haemolyticum' is a distinct taxon worthy of generic status. a new genus, arcanobacterium, is described for the species a. haemolyticum (maclean, liebow & rosenberg) nov.rev., comb.nov. the genus is tentatively placed within the 'corynefo ... | 1982 | 7119737 |
| intracranial complications of sphenoidal sinus inflammation. | a young man who presented with bacterial meningitis and visual disturbance developed a left sixth nerve palsy due to an isolated sphenoidal sinus inflammation caused by corynebacterium haemolyticum. sphenoidal sinusitis and intracranial infection by c. haemolyticum are uncommon complications. | 1981 | 7242422 |
| infections caused by nondiphtheria corynebacteria. | after decades of confusion about their microbiologic classification and clinical significance, the nondiphtheria corynebacteria have emerged as important pathogens. although isolation of these organisms may represent contamination with skin flora, several species, including corynebacterium ulcerans, corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (corynebacterium ovis), corynebacterium haemolyticum, corynebacterium pseudodiptheriticum, corynebacterium equi, corynebacterium bovis, corynebacterium xerosis, and ... | 1982 | 6760340 |
| incidence and pathogenicity of arcanobacterium haemolyticum during a 2-year study in ottawa. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum has been described as a rare cause of systemic invasive disease and is occasionally isolated from throat swabs. we describe a 2-year study of the incidence and clinical features of a. haemolyticus infection in a pediatric and adolescent population. a total of 11,620 throat swabs were examined for a. haemolyticum with use of a locally developed selective medium. controls (2,241) were healthy students who were recruited from a separate study. a. haemolyticum was isolat ... | 1995 | 7578727 |
| alpha-mannosidase: a rapid test for identification of arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | a 4-h alpha-mannosidase test for identification of arcanobacterium haemolyticum strains (n = 139) and differentiation of a. haemolyticum from actinomyces pyogenes strains (n = 30) and other gram-positive rods was evaluated. practically all a. haemolyticum strains (138 of 139) and the listeria monocytogenes type strain were alpha-mannosidase positive, while all a. pyogenes strains and corynebacterium (n = .25) strains as well as the rhodococcus equi and erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae type strains w ... | 1994 | 7710479 |
| additional tests to differentiate arcanobacterium haemolyticum and actinomyces pyogenes. | a commercially available biochemical test panel, commercially available diagnostic tablets and gas-liquid chromatography (glc) of cellular fatty acids were used to find out whether arcanobacterium haemolyticum and actinomyces pyogenes could be further differentiated from each other. xylitol and alpha-methyl-d-glucoside fermentation, voges-proskauer reaction and tributyrate hydrolysis were found to be useful additional tests which differentiated arc. haemolyticum and a. pyogenes. glc analysis rev ... | 1995 | 7549154 |
| orbital cellulitis, subperiosteal abscess, sinusitis, and septicemia caused b arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | purpose/methods: a 16-year-old boy had orbital cellulitis, subperiosteal abscess, sinusitis, and septicemia. arcanobacterium haemolyticum was identified as the causative organism. results/conclusions: this organism is a cause of orbital cellulitis and may require aggresive therapy in order to achieve a therapeutic response. | 1995 | 7639318 |
| [bacterial epidemiology of pharyngitis in pediatric private practice]. | while viruses are usually the causal agents of common sore throat in children, bacterial infections cannot be distinguished solely on the basis of clinical presentation. thus most physicians in france prefer to prescribe antibiotics in order to prevent rheumatismal complications of group a streptococcal infections. we updated current epidemiological data on bacterial pharyngitis in paediatric out-patient clinics. | 1994 | 7831263 |
| alpha-mannosidase in arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | | 1994 | 7852597 |
| are penicillin treatment failures in arcanobacterium haemolyticum pharyngotonsillitis caused by intracellularly residing bacteria? | arcanobacterium haemolyticum is an infrequent agent of pharyngotonsillitis in children and young adults. despite the fact that a. haemolyticum is fully sensitive to penicillin in vitro, penicillin treatment failures are frequent. the ability of a. haemolyticum to invade hep-2 cells and survive intracellulary was investigated. all 12 strains tested, of which 10 were isolated from patients with pharyngotonsillitis, and 2 were reference strains, were internalized by the hep-2 cells. four strains te ... | 1995 | 7660075 |
| toxic phospholipases d of corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, c. ulcerans and arcanobacterium haemolyticum: cloning and sequence homology. | the genes encoding toxic phospholipases d (pld) from corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (cp)biovar equi and c. ulcerans (cu) have been cloned and sequenced. the deduced proteins are 307 amino acids (aa) in length and include a putative signal sequences of 26-aa. a molecular mass of 31.2 and 31.0 kda and pi values of 8.84 and 6.73 are predicted for the secreted (mature) proteins from cp and cu, respectively. comparison of the deduced primary structure of the two proteins to those of the pld produ ... | 1995 | 7737503 |
| arcanobacterium haemolyticum and streptococcal pharyngitis. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum was recovered from 0.5% of throat cultures of 3,922 patients seeking medical attention because of sore throat. most of the patients positive for a. haemolyticum were 15-25 years old, and had fever (80%), lymphadenopathy (67%), pharyngeal exudate (69%) or skin rash (23%). in this age group, 2% of the throat cultures proved positive for a. haemolyticum. all a. haemolyticum strains were susceptible to penicillin, erythromycin, cephalexin and clindamycin, but resistant t ... | 1994 | 7939427 |
| arcanobacterium haemolyticum and streptococcal pharyngitis in army conscripts. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum was found in 1.4% and beta-haemolytic streptococci in 23% of throat cultures from army conscripts with sore throat (n = 498). 38% of the beta-haemolytic streptococci were of group a. patients culture-positive for a. haemolyticum or beta-haemolytic streptococci had pharyngeal exudate, cervical lymphadenopathy and ear ache significantly more often--but cough less often--than culture-negative patients. the pharyngeal colonization rate of healthy conscripts (n = 232) by ... | 1995 | 7784807 |
| group a streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis: cost-effective diagnosis and treatment. | most patients who seek medical attention for sore throat are concerned about streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis, but fewer than 10% of adults and 30% of children actually have a streptococcal infection. group a beta-hemolytic streptococci (gas) are most often responsible for bacterial tonsillopharyngitis, although neisseria gonorrhea, arcanobacterium haemolyticum (formerly corynebacterium haemolyticum), chlamydia pneumoniae (twar agent), and mycoplasma pneumoniae have also been suggested as possi ... | 1995 | 7864482 |
| biotypes of arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | colony morphology, beta hemolysis on horse blood agar, beta-glucuronidase activity, and ability to ferment sucrose and/or trehalose defined two biotypes of arcanobacterium haemolyticum. one, the smooth type, grew as smooth, beta-hemolytic colonies and was beta-glucuronidase negative but often fermented sucrose and/or trehalose, while the other, the rough type, grew as rough colonies and was nonhemolytic, beta-glucuronidase positive, and negative for sucrose and trehalose fermentation. about 75% ... | 1994 | 7929753 |
| evaluation of a commercial kit in the identification of arcanobacterium haemolyticum and actinomyces pyogenes. | listeria-zym is a commercial kit designed to identify listeria spp. within 4 h. its ability to identify two clinically important aerobic catalase-negative, gram-positive rods, arcanobacterium haemolyticum and actinomyces pyogenes, was evaluated. xylose fermentation and alpha-mannosidase tests differentiated arcanobacterium haemolyticum (n = 49) from actinomyces pyogenes (n = 24) strains. | 1994 | 7957274 |
| isolation of arcanobacterium haemolyticum from an infected foot wound. | | 1993 | 8102967 |
| arcanobacterium haemolyticum phospholipase d is genetically and functionally similar to corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis phospholipase d. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum, a pathogen of the human upper respiratory tract and other systems, has been reported to produce soluble toxins, including a phospholipase d (pld). we confirmed production of pld by this organism and cloned and sequenced pld. arcanobacterial pld (pld-a) was found to be a protein of approximately 31.5 kda with a pi of approximately 9.4. cosmid cloning, followed by subcloning into phagemid pbluescriptiisk+, yielded escherichia coli(pah140), a recombinant with a gene pr ... | 1993 | 8406819 |
| two cases of soft-tissue infection caused by arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | | 1994 | 8075288 |
| effects of media, atmosphere, and incubation time on colonial morphology of arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum causes pharyngitis as well as skin and other wound infections. although it is a beta-hemolytic organism, the hemolysis is less well defined than that of beta-hemolytic streptococci and may be overlooked in cultures with heavy growth of commensal throat flora. to determine whether routine throat culture conditions are sufficient to produce recognizable colonies of a. haemolyticum, the morphology of six distinct strains was studied after various combinations of incubat ... | 1993 | 8308114 |
| antimicrobial susceptibility of arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | the susceptibilities of 138 clinical isolates of arcanobacterium haemolyticum to 11 antimicrobial agents were tested. all strains were susceptible to phenoxymethylpenicillin, cephalosporins, erythromycin, azithromycin, clindamycin, vancomycin, doxycycline, and ciprofloxacin but were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. | 1994 | 8141569 |
| isolation of arcanobacterium haemolyticum from throat culture samples in the czech republic. | | 1995 | 8655218 |
| vana genes in vancomycin-resistant clinical isolates of oerskovia turbata and arcanobacterium (corynebacterium) haemolyticum. | we report the cloning and sequencing of vana genes present in the high-level vancomycin- and teicoplanin-resistant clinical isolates oerskovia turbata 892 and arcanobacterium (corynebacterium) haemolyticum 872. the presence of vana was detected by southern blotting and pcr and confirmed by dna sequencing. vana-like sequences were encoded on plasmids of 15 and 20 kb respectively. the a. haemolyticum 872 dna sequence was identical to the published vana sequence of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ... | 1995 | 8591934 |
| report of arcanobacterium haemolyticum meningitis in a cancer patient. | | 1996 | 8708750 |
| [arcanobacterium haemolyticum angina]. | | 1993 | 8502651 |
| arcanobacterium haemolyticum pharyngitis and exanthem. three case reports and literature review. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum is a bacterial pharyngeal pathogen that infects adolescents and young adults, frequently causing an exanthem that may mimic a viral exanthem, toxic erythema, or drug eruption. to our knowledge, the cutaneous manifestations of a haemolyticum infection have not previously been reported in the dermatologic literature. | 1996 | 8546485 |
| endocarditis caused by arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | a 33-year-old, active intravenous drug-abusing male infected with the human immunodeficiency virus developed endocarditis due to arcanobacterium haemolyticum. empirical treatment with ampicillin plus gentamicin failed to achieve a marked clinical improvement. when the results of antibiotic susceptibility were available (ampicillin mic < or = 0.06 mg/l; ampicillin mbc 2 mg/l; mbc:mic ratio > 32) therapy was changed to vancomycin plus gentamicin. during the following days progressive clinical and ... | 1995 | 8681985 |
| microbial colonizers in leprosy skin ulcers and intensity of inflammation. | the microflora of 55 patients with leprosy skin ulcers was studied and related to a weighted inflammatory score (is). the control group consisted of 18 ulcers with different underlying pathology. leprosy ulcers were characterized by the exclusive presence of two types of branching gram-positive rods; a particular interesting proposal is that mycobacterium leprae share common antigens with these unusual "leprosy ulcer associated" organisms and group g beta-hemolytic streptococci. in the leprosy g ... | 1996 | 8862261 |
| [pharyngitis produced by arcanobacterium haemolyticum]. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum (a.h.) was recovered from 0.43% of throat cultures of 3715 patients with sore throat, scarlatina and various skin rash. in a 57.90% patients a.h. was the only bacterial pathogen isolated, while in the remainder beta-haemolytic streptococci, haemophilus and s. aureus were also detected. beta-haemolytic streptococci were much more frequent than a.h. in the throat cultures (26.83%). all a.h. strains were of the smooth type based on colony morphology and the ability to f ... | 1996 | 9116401 |
| rhodococcus equi and arcanobacterium haemolyticum: two "coryneform" bacteria increasingly recognized as agents of human infection. | rhodococcus equi and arcanobacterium haemolyticum, formerly classified in the genus corynebacterium, are members of the loosely defined taxon "coryneform" bacteria. although they are the etiologic agents of distinct human infections, both organisms are frequently overlooked, which results in missed or delayed diagnoses. r. equi, long known as an important pathogen of immature horses, has become in the past three decades an opportunistic pathogen of severely immunosuppressed humans. most cases ar ... | 1997 | 9204295 |
| [the isolation of arcanobacterium haemolyticum from the pharyngeal exudate of children]. | a. haemolyticum is involved in acute pharingotonsillitis in present, reaching a maximal incidence between 10 and 30 years of age. the authors examined 7402 throats swabs obtained from children between march 1995 and february 1996. the swabs were plated on a selective culture medium: 5% sheep blood agar added with 3.5% nacl; the plates were incubated for 48 h in aerobic conditions. the colonies of a. haemolyticum have been suspected on the basis of a) the growing time interval (48 h); reduced siz ... | 1996 | 9116402 |
| antibody response to arcanobacterium haemolyticum infection in humans. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum causes pharyngitis, exanthema, and other infections. the evidence of the pathogenicity of a. haemolyticum depends on clinical descriptions of culture-positive patients and a comparison of carrier rates of patients with pharyngitis and healthy, matched controls. in this investigation, the antibody response of the host was studied for the first time, using sds-page and western blot analyses. paired acute and convalescent sera showed development of antibodies to a. haem ... | 1997 | 9180197 |
| arcanobacterium haemolyticum invasive infections, including meningitis in cancer patients. | | 1997 | 9120339 |
| isolation, in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility and penicillin tolerance of arcanobacterium haemolyticum in a turkish university hospital. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum (ah) was isolated from 5 (0.3%) out of 1531 throat cultures of patients with presumed pharyngotonsillitis. the age of the patients who had a positive culture for ah varied between 6 and 22. the isolation rate of beta-haemolytic streptococci (bhs) was 7.4%, 72.6% of which belonged to group a, followed by groups g, c and b. none of the throat samples yielded simultaneous growth of ah and bhs. antimicrobial susceptibility of ah isolates to phenoxymethylpenicillin, cepha ... | 1997 | 9440197 |
| evaluation of the rapid cb plus system for identification of corynebacterium species and other gram-positive rods. | due to the difficulty of identifying corynebacterium spp. with standard methods, we compared them with the rapid cb plus system (remel, lenexa, kans. [formerly innovative diagnostic systems, norcross, ga.]), which consists of 4 carbohydrate and 14 preformed enzyme tests, for the identification of 98 clinical isolates of corynebacterium sp., other coryneforms, listeria monocytogenes, and 17 atcc strains. forty (95%) of 42 strains of corynebacterium spp. were accurately identified to the species l ... | 1998 | 9466773 |
| actinomyces pyogenes septic arthritis in a diabetic farmer. | we report a case of septic arthritis and osteomyelitis of the left ankle due to actinomyces pyogenes in a diabetic farmer. few confirmed human cases of a. pyogenes infection have been reported, partly because of inadequate identification of this bacterium. bacteriological characteristics of the organism, which resembles arcanobacterium haemolyticum, are described with a review of previous case reports. | 1998 | 9733386 |
| phospholipase d-neutralization in serodiagnosis of arcanobacterium haemolyticum and corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infections. | phospholipase d (pld) neutralization was used to examine sera of humans (n = 40) with a spontaneous infection by arcanobacterium haemolyticum, sheep and goats (n = 76 and 79 respectively) with a spontaneous infection by corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, mice (n = 26) experimentally immunized with pld from a. haemolyticum (pld-a) and mice (n = 28) experimentally immunized with pld from c. pseudotuberculosis (pld-c). pld-a and pld-c were also used as neutralizing antigens. a positive result of n ... | 1998 | 9987184 |
| systemic and deep-seated infections caused by arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum has been implicated mainly in non-streptococcal pharyngitis and wound infections. rarely, it has been reported to cause systemic infection, often in combination with other pathogens. two cases of systemic and deep-seated infections caused by arcanobacterium haemolyticum are reported, and the literature is reviewed. sixteen cases of bacteremia and seven cases of non-bacteremic deep-seated have been published previously. eight of the bacteremic and two of the non-bacte ... | 1998 | 9796659 |
| [bacteriological and clinical aspects of corynebacterium]. | the microbiologists use the term corynebacteria to describe aerobically growing, asporogenous, irregularly sharped gram-positive rods. they comprise strictly aerobic bacteria isolated from environment as well as preferentially anaerobic bacteria found in clinical specimens. a large part of these bacteria is considered as commensal of skin and mucous membranes. this group of organisms has recently been subjected to considerable taxonomic revisions, which have resulted in the proposal of several n ... | 1998 | 9754261 |
| antimicrobial susceptibilities and biotypes of arcanobacterium haemolyticum blood isolates. | isolates obtained from the blood of ten patients with arcanobacterium haemolyticum septicaemia were biotyped as smooth or rough using morphological and biochemical criteria, and their susceptibilities to 18 antibacterial agents were determined. nine of the clinical cases included here have not been reported previously and are discussed in brief. one of the strains was highly resistant to macrolides and clindamycin. with one exception, the strains belonged to the smooth biotype. the data presente ... | 1999 | 10691208 |
| arcanobacterium haemolyticum and mycoplasma pneumoniae co-infection. | systemic infection caused by arcanobacterium haemolyticum is uncommon. we report a case of empyema and bacteraemia caused by this organism concomitant with mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. | 1999 | 10090506 |
| [a diagnostic medium for arcanobacterium haemolyticum and other bacterial species reacting with hemolytic synergism to the equi-factor of rhodococcus equi]. | colonies of arcanobacterium haemolyticum on common blood agar can be easily overlooked. therefore a diagnostic medium was developed, on which a. haemolyticum colonies produce a conspicuous zone of complete hemolysis. the medium under question is blood agar prepared from the columbia blood agar base and 5% washed sheep erythrocytes sensitised with equi factor (ef) of rhodococcus equi. optimally, 10 activity units (au) of ef per 1 ml were used. ef was titrated on a non-nutrient medium consisting o ... | 2000 | 11040494 |
| ulcerative tonsillopharyngitis due to arcanobacterium haemolyticum--a case report. | | 1998 | 9808913 |
| three cases of arcanobacterium haemolyticum associated with abscess formation and cellulitis. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum has been described as an unusual pathogen causing pharyngotonsillitis and systemic disease in patients with predisposing conditions. a case of soft tissue abscess with no apparent portal of entry is reported in a healthy 31-year-old man who presented with a breast tumor. a second case of abscess formation in a 50-year-old patient with complicated wound healing is presented. in addition, a case of arcanobacterium haemolyticum cellulitis in a 25-year-old female is repo ... | 1999 | 10614955 |
| upper respiratory tract infections in adolescents. | while upper respiratory tract infections (urtis) cause much infectious morbidity in infants and young children, adolescents are not immune to infections. adolescents experience two to four episodes of viral nasopharyngitis annually. in addition to group a streptococcus (gas), pharyngitis may occur with other streptococci, arcanobacterium haemolyticum, epstein-barr virus, neisseria gonorrhoeae, and other pathogens. uvulits, typically in association with gas, occurs occasionally. peritonsillar abs ... | 2000 | 10916122 |
| comparison of the e test and agar dilution methods for susceptibility testing of arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | | 2000 | 11152320 |
| periodontal bacteria in rabbit mandibular and maxillary abscesses. | despite the high incidence of odontogenic abscesses in pet rabbits, published data on the bacteriology of these infections are lacking, and clinical cultures are often ambiguous, making antibiotic choices difficult. in order to define the bacteriology of these infections, 12 rabbit mandibular and maxillary abscesses were cultured aerobically and anaerobically. all specimens yielded pathogenic bacteria, including fusobacterium nucleatum, prevotella heparinolytica, prevotella spp., peptostreptococ ... | 2002 | 11880435 |
| arcanobacterium hippocoleae sp. nov., from the vagina of a horse. | a polyphasic taxonomic study was performed on a previously unidentified gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, diphtheroid-shaped organism isolated from a vaginal discharge of a horse. comparative 16s rrna gene sequencing demonstrated that the strain was a member of the genus arcanobacterium, but sequence divergence values of >4% with described species of this genus (viz: arcanobacterium haemolyticum, arcanobacterium bernardiae, arcanobacterium phocae, arcanobacterium pluranimalium and arcanoba ... | 2002 | 11931175 |
| [detection of arcanobacterium haemolyticum in primoculture using the reverse camp test]. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum was isolated from 8,641 throat swabs in 49 cases (0.56%), from patients aged 16 to 24 years only, twice more often from men than from women. the isolation was achieved on sheep blood agar supplemented with streak with staphylococcus aureus strain producing beta-lysine. in all cases the presence of a. haemolyticum colonies was disclosed by the irregular periphery of haemolysis around the staphylococcal streak after the 48-hour incubation. the technique described shoul ... | 2001 | 11329730 |
| lemierre's disease caused by co-infection of arcanobacterium haemolyticum and fusobacterium necrophorum: a case report. | we report the first case of lemierre's disease caused by a co-infection with a. haemolyticum and f. necrophorum. a characteristic skin rash and predominant growth on multiple blood cultures suggests a causative role for arcanobacterium. failures of penicillin therapy in a. haemolyticum infections should be considered when the initial antibiotic regimen is chosen. | 2002 | 12217717 |
| [infections by arcanobacterium haemolyticum: an emerging pathogen]. | arcanobacterium haemolyticum is a grampositive rod wich belonged, until a short time ago, to corynebacterium genus, and recently classified in a new genus, with only one specie. human is the main reservoir. it has been isolated from the skin and pharinx of healthy individuals, but also it is cause of infection, specially pharingitis, in children, and chronic cutaneous ulcus, in diabetic patients. less frequently, it is cause of osteomyelitis, meningitis, pneumonia, abscess, endocarditis and seps ... | 2002 | 12420635 |
| [do you recognize the pharyngitis and dermatitis caused by arcanobacterium haemolyticum?]. | | 2000 | 11989007 |
| pharyngitis and exanthema caused by arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | | 2001 | 11501657 |