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J Clin Microbiol
; 53(9): 3092-5, 2015 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26179302
RESUMO
We report the first case of Corynebacterium propinquum keratitis in the compromised cornea of a diabetic patient wearing therapeutic contact lenses. The strain was identified to the species level based on sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and RNA polymerase ß-subunit-encoding gene (rpoB). Ophthalmologists should be aware of nondiphtherial corynebacterial infection of compromised corneas.