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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 1998, p. 3670-3673, Vol. 36, No. 12
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Corynebacterium macginleyi Has to Date Been Isolated Exclusively from Conjunctival Swabs

Guido Funke,1,* Maja Pagano-Niederer,1 and Wolfgang Bernauer2

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, CH-8028 Zürich,1 and Department of Ophthalmology, Zürich University Hospital, CH-8091 Zürich,2 Switzerland

Received 20 April 1998/Returned for modification 11 June 1998/Accepted 3 September 1998

Fifteen strains of Corynebacterium macginleyi were exclusively isolated from conjunctival swabs of patients with either conjunctivitis or corneal ulcers. Up to now, only three C. macginleyi strains had been described in the literature. The characteristics of the 15 patients from whom C. macginleyi was isolated are outlined, characteristics useful for the identification of C. macginleyi are described, and the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of the species is provided. C. macginleyi is uniformly susceptible to penicillins, quinolones, and aminoglycosides. Although considered to be of rather low pathogenicity C. macginleyi seems to have the potential to cause superinfections in selected patients with ocular surface problems.

* Corresponding author. Present mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology, Limbach & Colleagues Laboratories, Im Breitspiel 15, D-69126 Heidelberg, Germany. Phone: 49-6221-3432-125. Fax: 49-6221-3432-263.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 1998, p. 3670-3673, Vol. 36, No. 12
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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