We described a case of a 27-year old male patient with skin and soft tissue infection of a neoplastic lesion caused by Corynebacterium striatum, an organism which has been rarely described as a human pathogen. Identification was confirmed by DNA sequencing. Successful treatment with penicillin was achieved. The role of the C. striatum as an emerging opportunistic pathogen is discussed.
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Superti, S. V., Martins, D. D. S., Caierão, J., Soares, F., Prochnow, T., Cantarelli, V. V., & Zavascki, A. P. (2009). Corynebacterium striatum infecting a malignant cutaneous lesion: The emergence of an opportunistic pathogen. Revista Do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 51(2), 115–116. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652009000200011
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