Bacteriological characteristics of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum isolated from seven patients with skin and soft-tissue infections
Miyamoto, Hitoshi and Suzuki, Takashi and Murakami, Shinobu and Fukuoka, Mina and Tanaka, Yuri and Kondo, Takuya and Nishimiya, Tatsuya and Suemori, Koichiro and Tauchi, Hisamichi and Osawa, Haruhiko,, 64, 369-374 (2015),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.000038,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 0022-2615,
abstract= Bacteriological examinations were conducted for seven Arcanobacterium haemolyticum strains isolated from elderly patients with skin and soft-tissue infections, such as cellulitis and skin ulcers. Streptococcus dysgalactiae or Gram-positive cocci were isolated together with A. haemolyticum from all patients. The strains were identified as A. haemolyticum based on their being catalase negative, reverse Christie, Atkins and Munch-Petersen (CAMP) positive and phospholipase D gene positive in respective tests. Moreover, API Coryne and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry confirmed the identification of A. haemolyticum. All strains showed good susceptibility to minocycline, vancomycin and β-lactam antibiotics, but several strains were resistant to gentamicin and levofloxacin.,
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