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Characteristics of Multidrug-Resistant Corynebacterium spp. Isolated from Blood Cultures of Hospitalized Patients in Japan.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 24 Mar 2017
Qin Liang, Sakai Yoshiro, Bao Rong, Xie Hongmei, Masunaga Kenji, Miura Miho, Hashimoto Kouji, Tanamachi Chiyoko, Hu Bijie, Watanabe Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Corynebacterium is a genus consisting of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, that is wildly distributed in nature. We report the epidemiological characterization of Corynebacterium spp. isolated from blood specimens at the Kurume University Hospital, between June 2008 and November 2011. Twenty-two strains that were likely Corynebacterium spp. were isolated from 22 hospitalized patients, of which 12 (54.5%) were...
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