Corynebacterium species isolated from patients with mastitis.
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.
Paviour
Sue
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Microbiology Laboratory, LabPlus, Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
Musaad
Sahar
S
Roberts
Sally
S
Taylor
Graeme
G
Taylor
Susan
S
Shore
Keith
K
Lang
Selwyn
S
Holland
David
D
D000328:Adult; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000382:microbiology*