Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum
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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
