Corynebacterium kutscheri infection of skin and soft tissue following rat bite.

ABSTRACT: Corynebacterium kutscheri is a common bacterium isolated from the oral cavity of healthy mice and rats. We report the first well-documented case of C. kutscheri human infection which followed a rat bite. The microorganism was identified by conventional biochemical tests and confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis.

SUBMITTER: Holmes NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2045315 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature