Recurrent Breast Abscesses due toCorynebacterium kroppenstedtii, a Human Pathogen Uncommon in Caucasian Women | Zendy

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Recurrent Breast Abscesses due toCorynebacterium kroppenstedtii, a Human Pathogen Uncommon in Caucasian Women

Author(s) -

Anne Le FlècheMatéos,

Nicolás Berthet,

Fabienne Lomprez,

Yolande Arnoux,

AnneSophie Le Guern,

India Leclercq,

Ana Maria Burguière,

JeanClaude Manuguerra

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6625

pISSN - 2090-6633

DOI - 10.1155/2012/120968

Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , mastitis , presentation (obstetrics) , granulomatous mastitis , sputum , right breast , dermatology , pathology , surgery , tuberculosis , breast cancer , cancer

Background . Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii ( Ck ) was first described in 1998 from human sputum. Contrary to what is observed in ethnic groups such as Maori, Ck is rarely isolated from breast abscesses and granulomatous mastitis in Caucasian women. Case Presentation . We herein report a case of recurrent breast abscesses in a 46-year-old Caucasian woman. Conclusion . In the case of recurrent breast abscesses, even in Caucasian women, the possible involvement of Ck should be investigated. The current lack of such investigations, probably due to the difficulty to detect Ck , may cause the underestimation of such an aetiology.

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