Corynebacterium freneyi bacteremia.
Corynebacterium freneyi is a recently described alpha-glucosidase-positive species of the genus CORYNEBACTERIUM: To our knowledge, there is no description of human infection due to this species. We report on a case of bacteremia due to C. freneyi following vascular surgery.
Auzias
Amélie
A
Fédération de Microbiologie. Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, AP-HM Timone, Marseille, France.
Bollet
Claude
C
Ayari
Raouf
R
Drancourt
Michel
M
Raoult
Didier
D
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S