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Antibiotic resistance profiles of seven genomospecies of Corynebacterium jeikeium analyzed by whole genome sequencing.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 8 Oct 2025
Fischer-Wellenborn Michaela, Imkamp Frank, Pereira Pires Valéria, Zbinden Reinhard, Personnic Nicolas
Abstract excerpt
Corynebacterium jeikeium is an opportunistic human pathogen with high genomic diversity. In the past, multi-drug resistance has been considered a hallmark of C. jeikeium. However, some strains of C. jeikeium are fully susceptible and thus, their reclassification would avoid the empirical therapy with glycopeptides. One hundred eighty-six clinical isolates and four reference isolates identified as C. jeikeium...
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