title: About a bloodstream Corynebacterium striatum isolate.
abstract: Corynebacterium striatum is often dismissed as a contaminant when cultivated from blood samples; indeed, it is a skin saprophyte that may therefore be introduced into the clinical specimen accidentally. Nevertheless, the organism can be responsible for true bacteraemias, and multidrug resistance spread among nosocomial strains is of increasing concern. Specific criteria for testing have not been defined yet, but we however suggest to report clear resistances (i.e. absence of any inhibition zones with the disc test), in order to try to understand this species behaviour under antibiotic exposure. In this context, features of a blood isolate (strain DSM 45711) are here depicted.
authors: Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Spirito Santo Hospital, via Fonte Romana 8, CAP 65124, Pescara (PE), Italy, vincenzo_savini@libero.it.
authors: Vincenzo
authors: V
authors: Savini
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Gherardi
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Favaro
authors: Carla
authors: C
authors: Fontana
authors: Roberta
authors: R
authors: Marrollo
authors: Angela Valentina
authors: AV
authors: Argentieri
authors: Giordano
authors: G
authors: Dicuonzo
authors: Paolo
authors: P
authors: Fazii
authors: Domenico
authors: D
authors: D'Antonio
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
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