This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Bernard, K. A. Articles by Ongsansoy, E. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Bernard, K. A. Articles by Ongsansoy, E.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2002, p. 4375-4381, Vol. 40, No. 11
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4375-4381.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Characteristics of Rare or Recently Described Corynebacterium Species Recovered from Human Clinical Material in Canada

National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3R2, Canada

Received 9 May 2002/ Returned for modification 22 July 2002/ Accepted 19 August 2002

Nineteen new Corynebacterium species or taxa described since 1995 have been associated with human disease. We report the characteristics of 72 strains identified as or most closely resembling 14 of these newer, medically relevant Corynebacterium species or taxa, as well as describe in brief an isolate of Corynebacterium bovis, a rare pathogen for humans. The bacteria studied in this report were nearly all derived from human clinical specimens and were identified by a polyphasic approach. Most were characterized by nearly full 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Some isolates were recovered from previously unreported sources and exhibited unusual phenotypes or represented the first isolates found outside Europe. Products of fermentation, with emphasis on the presence or absence of propionic acid, were also studied in order to provide an additional characteristic with which to differentiate among phenotypically similar species.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Lagace-Wiens, P. R. S., Ng, B., Reimer, A., Burdz, T., Wiebe, D., Bernard, K. (2008). Gardnerella vaginalis Bacteremia in a Previously Healthy Man: Case Report and Characterization of the Isolate. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 804-806 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• DeWinter, L. M., Bernard, K. A., Romney, M. G. (2005). Human Clinical Isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans Collected in Canada from 1999 to 2003 but Not Fitting Reporting Criteria for Cases of Diphtheria. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43: 3447-3449 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Kemp, M, Holtz, K, Andresen, K, Christensen, J J (2005). Demonstration by PCR and DNA sequencing of Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum as a cause of joint infection and isolation of the same organism from a surface swab specimen from the patient. J Med Microbiol 54: 689-691 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Garcia-Crespo, D., Navas, J., Gradillas, G., Juste, R. A. (2005). Technical Note: Molecular Typing of Corynebacterium bovis Isolates by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis. J DAIRY SCI 88: 1705-1707 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Roux, V., Drancourt, M., Stein, A., Riegel, P., Raoult, D., La Scola, B. (2004). Corynebacterium Species Isolated from Bone and Joint Infections Identified by 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 42: 2231-2233 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Huxley, J. N., Helps, C. R., Bradley, A. J. (2004). Identification of Corynebacterium bovis by Endonuclease Restriction Analysis of the 16S rRNA Gene Sequence. J DAIRY SCI 87: 38-45 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Shukla, S. K., Bernard, K. A., Harney, M., Frank, D. N., Reed, K. D. (2003). Corynebacterium nigricans sp. nov.: Proposed Name for a Black-Pigmented Corynebacterium Species Recovered from the Human Female Urogenital Tract. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41: 4353-4358 [Abstract] [Full Text]