First clinical case of Corynebacterium auriscanis isolated from localized dog bite infection | Zendy

Jeanine M. Bygott | Zendy; H. Malnick | Zendy; Jayesh Shah | Zendy; Marie Anne Chattaway | Zendy; J.A. Karas | Zendy

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First clinical case of Corynebacterium auriscanis isolated from localized dog bite infection

Author(s) -

Jeanine M. Bygott,

H. Malnick,

Jayesh Shah,

Marie Anne Chattaway,

J.A. Karas

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

journal of medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1473-5644

pISSN - 0022-2615

DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.47780-0

Subject(s) - corynebacterium , human pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology , pathogen , transmission (telecommunications) , biology , virology , medicine , bacteria , genetics , electrical engineering , engineering

Corynebacterium auriscanis has only previously been isolated from dogs and to our knowledge no cases of zoonotic transmission to humans have been reported. A case of a leg wound infection following a dog bite in a previously healthy human patient is described and confirms this organism to be a potential human pathogen.

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