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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2004, p. 2231-2233, Vol. 42, No. 5
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2231-2233.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Corynebacterium Species Isolated from Bone and Joint Infections Identified by 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis

Véronique Roux,1 Michel Drancourt,1 Andreas Stein,2 Philippe Riegel,3 Didier Raoult,1* and Bernard La Scola1

Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UPRESA 6020, Faculté de Médecine, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05,1 Service de Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital de la Conception, Boulevard Baille 13005 Marseille,2 Institut de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France3

Received 13 November 2003/ Returned for modification 22 January 2004/ Accepted 3 February 2004

By the use of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis we identified 28 of 31 Corynebacterium spp. isolated from bone and joint infections, including species never before isolated in such infections. Phenotypic analysis led to the correct identification of 8 of 31. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis appears to be a good technique for identification of clinical strains of Corynebacterium spp.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UPRESA 6020, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France. Phone: 33 91 38 55 17. Fax: 33 91 83 03 90. E-mail: Didier.Raoult{at}medecine.univ-mrs.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2004, p. 2231-2233, Vol. 42, No. 5
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2231-2233.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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