Isolation of Helcococcus kunzii from plantar phlegmon in a vascular patient.
Helcococcus kunzii has previously been considered to belong to the normal skin flora of podiatry patients. Here, H. kunzii was isolated in abundance from a pus specimen collected by incision and drainage of plantar phlegmon. This fastidious Gram-positive species was unambiguously identified with the colorimetric VITEK 2 GP card identification system. This suggests that this phenotypic identification system is able to identify promptly H. kunzii, which should be considered a potential pathogen.
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Lille, France.
Nadine
N
Lemaître
Service de Soins de Suite et Réadaptation, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Lille, France.
Dominique
D
Huvent
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Lille, France.
Caroline
C
Loïez
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Lille, France.
Frédéric
F
Wallet
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Lille, France.
René J
RJ
Courcol
D000368:Aged; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*