Corynebacterium jeikeium
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- Species of Corynebacterium that causes opportunistic infections, most closely associated with hematologic stem cell transplant patients
- Clinical presentations include bacteremia, prosthetic valve endocarditis, meningitis, and peritonitis
- Essentially universally susceptible to vancomycin and linezolid
- High rates of resistance to beta lactams; may be fluoroquinolone or tetracycline susceptible[1]
| Antibiotic | Isolates | % Susceptible |
|---|---|---|
| Penicillin | 76 | 0 |
| Ampicillin | 76 | ND |
| Oxacillin | 76 | ND |
| Erythromycin | 76 | 11.8 |
| Clindamycin | 76 | 2.6 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 75 | 35.5 |
| Levofloxacin | 75 | ND |
| Moxifloxacin | 76 | 35.5 |
| Tetracycline | 76 | 92.1 |
| Vancomycin | 76 | 100 |
| Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole | 76 | 18.4 |
| Tigecycline | 76 | ND |
| Rifampin | 76 | 97.4 |
| Quinupristin-dalfopristin | 76 | 89.5 |
| Linezolid | 76 | 100 |
| Gentamicin | 76 | 81.6 |
| Daptomycin | 75 | 89.5 |
| Chloramphenicol | 75 | ND |
| Nitrofurantoin | 76 | ND |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neemuchwala A, Soares D, Ravirajan V, Marchand-Austin A, Kus JV, Patel SN. In Vitro Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Non-diphtheriae Corynebacterium Isolates in Ontario, Canada, from 2011 to 2016. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 Mar 27;62(4):e01776-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01776-17. PMID: 29339389; PMCID: PMC5914010.
