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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2003, p. 2777-2778, Vol. 41, No. 6
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2777-2778.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Corynebacterium freneyi Bacteremia

Amélie Auzias,1 Claude Bollet,1* Raouf Ayari,2 Michel Drancourt,1 and Didier Raoult1

Fédération de Microbiologie,1 Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, AP-HM Timone, Marseille, France2

Received 5 February 2003/ Returned for modification 4 March 2003/ Accepted 12 March 2003

Corynebacterium freneyi is a recently described alpha-glucosidase-positive species of the genus Corynebacterium. To our knowledge, there is no description of human infection due to this species. We report on a case of bacteremia due to C. freneyi following vascular surgery.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Hôpital de la Timone, 264 rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France. Phone: 33 49 132 4529. Fax: 33 49 132 4606. E-mail: claude.bollet{at}ap-hm.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2003, p. 2777-2778, Vol. 41, No. 6
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2777-2778.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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