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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 11 1997, 2759-2761, Vol 35, No. 11
Copyright © 1997 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Colonization of skin by Helcococcus kunzii [In Process Citation]

J Haas, SL Jernick, RJ Scardina, J Teruya, AM Caliendo and KL Ruoff
Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA.

In order to investigate the role of Helcococcus kunzii as a colonizer of skin and as a possible participant in diabetic foot ulcers, we used a selective medium to culture both lower- and upper-extremity skin from a study group of podiatry patients (60 diabetics and 60 nondiabetics) and a control group of 50 healthy volunteers. Although differences in colonization were not statistically significant, a trend toward higher colonization rates in the group of podiatry patients was noted. H. kunzii appears to preferentially colonize the skin of the feet, and while its pathogenic role in diabetic foot ulcers is difficult to establish, it may be a previously unrecognized component of the polymicrobial flora characteristically isolated from patients with these infections.


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