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