Species
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Diseases
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Resistance
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Corynebacterium Species
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Corynebacterium afermentans subsp. afermentans
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CLABSI
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Corynebacterium amycolatum
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healthcare-associated pneumonia, CLABSI, native valve endocarditis, prosthetic valve endocarditis, skin and soft tissue infection, surgical site infection
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Corynebacterium confusum
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skin and soft tissue infection
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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diphtheria, myocarditis
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Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum
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genitourinary infection, chronic prostatitis
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Corynebacterium jeikeium
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ventricular shunt infection, nosocomial meningitis, CLABSI, native valve endocarditis, prosthetic valve endocarditis, surgical site infection, prosthetic joint infection, CAPD peritonitis
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mostly resistant to beta lactams, macrolides, and aminoglycosides
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Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii
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breast abscess
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Corynebacterium macginleyi
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conjunctivitis, keratitis, CLABSI
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Corynebacterium minutissimum
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skin and soft tissue infection, breast abscess, CLABSI, surgical site infection
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Corynebacterium propinquum
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conjunctivitis, keratitis, native valve endocarditis
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Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum
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conjunctivitis, keratitis, pharyngitis, native valve endocarditis, healthcare-associated pneumonia
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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
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lymphadenitis, skin and soft tissue infection
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may exhibit erm-mediated resistance to clindamycin and macrolides
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Corynebacterium riegelii
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genitourinary infection
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Corynebacterium striatum
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native joint infection, healthcare-associated pneumonia, CLABSI, native valve endocarditis, prosthetic valve endocarditis, surgical site infection
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may exhibit erm-mediated resistance to clindamycin and macrolides
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Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum
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breast abscess
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Corynebacterium ulcerans
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diphtheria, pharyngitis, skin and soft tissue infection
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Corynebacterium urealyticum
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healthcare-associated pneumonia, CLABSI, native valve endocarditis, skin and soft tissue infection, surgical site infection, UTI, CAPD peritonitis
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mostly resistant to beta lactams, macrolides, and aminoglycosides
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Other Coryneform Bacteria
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Arcanobacterium haemolyticum
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pharyngitis, peritonsillar abscess, odontogenic infection, skin and soft tissue infection, native valve endocarditis
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Brevibacterium
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nosocomial meningitis, CAPD peritonitis
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Brevibacterium casei
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CLABSI, prosthetic valve endocarditis
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Cellulosimicrobium
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Dermabacter
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CAPD peritonitis
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Microbacterium
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CLABSI
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Oerskovia
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CLABSI
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Rothia dentocariosa
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odontogenic infection, native valve endocarditis, CAPD peritonitis
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Trueperella bernardiae
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CLABSI
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Trueperella pyogenes
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skin and soft tissue infection, CLABSI
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