Central venous catheter-related Corynebacterium minutissimum bacteremia.
Although Corynebacterium minutissimum is well-known as the cause of erythrasma, it is noted as the etiologic agent of nondermatologic disease 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.
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Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-5400, USA.
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D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged