Funke G, Pagano-Niederer M, Bernauer W
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, CH-8028 Zürich, Switzerland.
J Clin Microbiol. 1998 Dec;36(12):3670-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.36.12.3670-3673.1998.
Fifteen strains of Corynebacterium macginleyi were exclusively isolated from conjunctival swabs of patients with either conjunctivitis or corneal ulcers. Up to now, only three C. macginleyi strains had been described in the literature. The characteristics of the 15 patients from whom C. macginleyi was isolated are outlined, characteristics useful for the identification of C. macginleyi are described, and the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of the species is provided. C. macginleyi is uniformly susceptible to penicillins, quinolones, and aminoglycosides. Although considered to be of rather low pathogenicity C. macginleyi seems to have the potential to cause superinfections in selected patients with ocular surface problems.
15株麦氏棒状杆菌仅从患有结膜炎或角膜溃疡患者的结膜拭子中分离得到。到目前为止,文献中仅描述过3株麦氏棒状杆菌。概述了分离出麦氏棒状杆菌的15例患者的特征,描述了有助于鉴定麦氏棒状杆菌的特征,并给出了该菌种的抗菌药敏模式。麦氏棒状杆菌对青霉素、喹诺酮类和氨基糖苷类药物普遍敏感。尽管麦氏棒状杆菌被认为致病性较低,但它似乎有在某些患有眼表问题的患者中引起二重感染的可能性。