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Corynebacterium striatum: an emerging respiratory pathogen

Author(s) -

Malini Shariff,

Aditi Aditi,

Kiran Beri

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.10406

Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , corynebacterium , outbreak , typing , pneumonia , biology , medicine , virology , bacteria , genetics

Corynebacterium spp. are primarily considered normal flora and dismissed when isolated from clinical specimens. In recent years, Corynebacterium striatum has emerged as a multi-drug resistant human pathogen which can cause nosocomial outbreaks. The organism has infrequently been noted to cause respiratory infections. A retrospective study was conducted to identify the clinical and microbiological features of respiratory infection by Corynebacterium striatum.

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