Corynebacterium macginleyi conjunctivitis in Canada.

ABSTRACT: This report describes for the first time Corynebacterium macginleyi as a cause of conjunctivitis in Canada, where menaquinone analysis was done as part of the strain characterization. This species is typically isolated from ocular surfaces of patients from Europe and Japan. The isolate was resistant to erythromycin and clindamycin.

SUBMITTER: Alsuwaidi AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2953085 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature