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Corynebacterium Species Isolated from Patients with Mastitis

2002; Oxford University Press; Volume: 35; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/344463

1537-6591

Sue Paviour, Sahar Musaad, Sally Roberts, Graeme Taylor, Susan Taylor, Keith Shore, S. D. R. Lang, David J. Holland,

Infectious Diseases and Mycology

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.