title: Corynebacterium species isolated from patients with mastitis.
abstract: Corynebacteria were isolated from breast tissue, pus, or deep wound swabs of 24 women; the most common species isolated was the newly described Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii, followed by Corynebacterium amycolatum and Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum. Gram-positive bacilli were seen in samples sent for culture or in histological specimens for 12 women, and 9 of the 12 women from whom adequate histological specimens were obtained had conditions that met the criteria for granulomatous lobular mastitis, a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, LabPlus, Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paviour
authors.forename: Sahar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Musaad
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Graeme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shore
authors.forename: Selwyn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000382:microbiology*