Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum

Background

• Gram-positive bacillus within the genus Corynebacterium
• Member of skin and mucosal flora

Clinical Manifestations

• In case reports or series, it has been implicated in mastitis, surgical site infection, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, intraabdominal abscess

Management

• Reliably susceptible to vancomycin, linezolid, and daptomycin
• Often susceptible to tetracycline
• Generally resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics and fluoroquinolones

Further Reading

• Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum: a Potentially Misidentified and Multiresistant Corynebacterium Species Isolated from Clinical Specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2012;50*8). doi: 10.1128/jcm.00386-12