Corynebacterium species
From IDWiki
Corynebacterium
- Gram-positive bacillus
- Includes:
- Corynebacterium striatum: may exhibit erm-mediated resistance to clindamycin and macrolides
- Corynebacterium jeikeium: mostly resistant to beta lactams, macrolides, and aminoglycosides
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis: may exhibit erm-mediated resistance to clindamycin and macrolides
- Corynebacterium amycolatum
- Corynebacterium urealyticum: mostly resistant to beta lactams, macrolides, and aminoglycosides
- Related species include
References
- ^ Alefiya Neemuchwala, Deidre Soares, Vithusha Ravirajan, Alex Marchand-Austin, Julianne V. Kus, Samir N. Patel. In Vitro Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Non-diphtheriae Corynebacterium Isolates in Ontario, Canada, from 2011 to 2016. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2018;62(4). doi:10.1128/aac.01776-17.
