Sewell D L, Coyle M B, Funke G
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 1995 Mar;33(3):759-61. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.3.759-761.1995.
Corynebacteria are important causes of endocarditis in individuals with valvular prostheses. We report the first published case of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by the newly defined species Corynebacterium afermentans subsp. lipophilum (former CDC coryneform group ANF-1). The isolate was recovered from a perivalvular abscess specimen and 5 of 15 Bactec blood cultures after 7 to 15 days of incubation. The isolation, identification, and susceptibility testing of Corynebacterium species are discussed.
棒状杆菌是人工瓣膜患者心内膜炎的重要病因。我们报告首例由新定义的发酵棒杆菌嗜脂亚种(原疾病控制与预防中心棒状杆菌属ANF-1组)引起的人工瓣膜心内膜炎病例。该分离株是从瓣周脓肿标本以及15份Bactec血培养标本中的5份中培养获得的,培养7至15天后生长出来。本文讨论了棒状杆菌属的分离、鉴定及药敏试验。