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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2007, p. 3468-3469, Vol. 45, No. 10
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00607-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Corynebacterium kutscheri Infection of Skin and Soft Tissue following Rat Bite{triangledown}

Natasha E. Holmes1 and Tony M. Korman1,2*

Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia,1 Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia2

Received 19 March 2007/ Returned for modification 26 June 2007/ Accepted 24 July 2007

Corynebacterium kutscheri is a common bacterium isolated from the oral cavity of healthy mice and rats. We report the first well-documented case of C. kutscheri human infection which followed a rat bite. The microorganism was identified by conventional biochemical tests and confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia. Phone: 61 3 9594 4564. Fax: 61 3 9594 4533. E-mail: tony.korman{at}med.monash.edu.au

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 1 August 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2007, p. 3468-3469, Vol. 45, No. 10
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00607-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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