Ann Lab Med.  2015 Sep;35(5):548-550. 10.3343/alm.2015.35.5.548.

Central Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection by Corynebacterium striatum Identified by 16S rRNA and rpoB Gene Sequencing

• Yang HS
• Kim YJ
• Cho SY
• Shin E
• Lee HJ

• KMID: 2369775
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2015.35.5.548

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Corynebacterium*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Peripheral blood culture on blood agar showing pure isolates as white, opaque, and smooth-edged colonies.

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