View source for Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum

==Background==
* [[Stain::Gram-positive]] [[Shape::bacillus]] within the genus [[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: [https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00386-12 10.1128/jcm.00386-12]

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[[Category:Gram-positive bacilli]]