title: Corynebacterium minutissimum infection.
abstract: Two cases of infection due to Corynebacterium minutissimum are described. On the basis of biochemical tests the organisms were thought at first to be Corynebacterium jeikeium. Methods of distinguishing between these species and the role of C. minutissimum in the pathogenesis of erythrasma and other skin infections are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Central Microbiological Laboratories, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, U.K.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Golledge
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004894:Erythrasma / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity