Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Corynebacterium ulcerans is a rod-shaped, aerobic, and Gram-positive bacterium. Most Corynebacterium species are harmless, but some cause serious illness in humans, especially in immunocompromised humans. C. ulcerans has been known to cause diphtheria and diphtheria-like infections in patients.
Corynebacterium (/ k ɔː ˈ r aɪ n ə b æ k ˌ t ɪər i ə m,-ˈ r ɪ n-/) is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria and most are aerobic. They are bacilli (rod-shaped), and in some phases of life they are, more specifically, club -shaped, which inspired the genus name ( coryneform means "club-shaped").
One of its best known relatives is Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the causative agent of diphtheria. C. amycolatum is a common component of the natural flora found on human skin and mucous membranes, and therefore is an occasional contaminant in human blood cultures but can rarely cause infections such as endocarditis. [2]
Appearance of C. xerosis colonies on blood agar. Corynebacterium xerosis is a gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium in the genus Corynebacterium.Although it is frequently a harmless commensal organism living on the skin and in the mucous membranes, C. xerosis is also a clinically relevant opportunistic pathogen that has been attributed to many different infections in animals and humans.
Erythrasma is a superficial skin infection that causes brown, scaly skin patches. It is caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum bacteria, a normal part of skin flora (the microorganisms that are normally present on the skin). There are two types of erythrasma: generalized and interdigital. Interdigital is the most common bacterial infection of ...
Skin Bacillus spp Skin Candida albicans: Skin Candida parapsilosis: Skin Corynebacterium parvum: Skin Corynebacterium spp Skin Cutibacterium acnes: Skin Demodex folliculorum: Skin Enterobacter cloacae: Skin Epidermophyton floccosum: Skin Malassezia ovale: Skin Micrococcus luteus: Skin Micrococcus spp Skin Mycobacterium spp Skin Neisseria spp ...
In this instance, Corynebacterium striatum was causing infection in the respiratory tract of patients and detected in sputum samples. [23] Of the 21 cases in the outbreak, there were six associated deaths. [23] Another study of infection by Corynebacterium striatum described a patient who was admitted to hospital for cardiac arrest treatment in ...
The causative organism of caseous lymphadenitis is Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. Once successfully established within the host, this pathogen will circumvent the immune system with ease. As a result, it causes chronic infection that may last for most or all of an animal's life, although it is seldom lethal.