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Corynebacterium species and coryneforms: An update on taxonomy and diseases attributed to these taxa

2005; Elsevier BV; Volume: 27; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2005.01.002

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Kathryn Bernard,

Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Corynebacterium species and taxa commonly known as coryneforms are rare and difficult-to-identify bacteria for many clinical microbiology laboratories. In this article, diseases attributed to these bacteria, current taxonomy, and methods used to characterize them in a hospital-type laboratory setting are reviewed, with recommendations of when it would be useful to do advanced characterization of isolates.