Volume 27, Number 12—December 2021
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis
Clinical Characteristics of Corynebacterium Bacteremia Caused by Different Species, Japan, 2014–2020
Ryosuke Yamamuro
, Naoto Hosokawa, Yoshihito Otsuka, and Ryosuke Osawa
, Naoto Hosokawa, Yoshihito Otsuka, and Ryosuke Osawa
Table 1
Patients with Corynebacterium species detected in blood cultures, Japan, 2014–2020
| Corynebacterium species | Total, n = 115 | True bacteremia, n = 60 | Contamination, n = 55 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. striatum | 67 | 47 | 20 |
| C. jeikeium |
14 |
10 |
4 |
| Other, total | 34 | 3 | 31 |
| C. accolens | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C. afermentans | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| C. amycolatum | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| C. aurimucosum | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| C. coyleae | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C. glucuronolyticum | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C. minutissimum | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| C. mucifaciens | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C. pseudodiphtheriticum | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C. resistens | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C. riegelii | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. simulans | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| C. singulare | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C. tuberculostearicum | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C. urealyticum | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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