CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER-RELATED CORYNEBACTERIUM-MINUTISSIMUM BACTEREMIA

Authors
RUPP ME STILES KG TARANTOLO S GOERING RV
Citation
Me. Rupp et al., CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER-RELATED CORYNEBACTERIUM-MINUTISSIMUM BACTEREMIA, Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 19(10), 1998, pp. 786-789
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0899823X
Volume
19
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
786 - 789
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(1998)19:10<786:CVCCB>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Although Corynebacterium minutissimum is well-known as the cause of er ythrasma, it is noted as the etiologic agent of nondermatologic diseas e only rarely. We document this organism as a cause of central venous catheter-associated bacteremia and report the use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to characterize its molecular epidemiology (Infect Con trol Hosp Epidemiol 1998;19:786-789).