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CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS INFECTION OF THE LEGS ASSOCIATED WITH CORYNEBACTERIUM ACNES
Author(s) -
NOBRE GUSTAVO,
CALDEIRA J. BRITO
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1969.tb16032.x
Subject(s) - medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , corynebacterium , chronic granulomatous disease , dermatology , immunology , biology , bacteria , genetics
SUMMARY.— A patient with chronic granulomatous lesions and abscesses on the legs is described. From the pus of the abscesses a strictly anaerobic Gram‐positive bacillus with the cultural and biochemical characteristics of Corynebacterium acnes was isolated in a pure culture. The pathogenic role of the organism is discussed.