We report here a rare case of cutaneous infection due to Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum. The patient presented to the clinical laboratory with a skin ulcer on his left leg. Gram-stained preparation of the purulent secretion revealed the presence of numerous rod-shaped Gram-positive organisms in the absence of any other species. The organism was grown in pure culture on sheep blood agar and was further identified as C. pseudodiphtheriticum using a commercial identification system (API-Coryne, BioMérieux, France). The infection was successfully treated with ciprofloxacin. This case emphasizes the importance of the clinical microbiology laboratory in correctly identifying Gram-positive organisms obtained in pure culture from skin ulcers.
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Cantarelli, V. V., Brodt, T. C. Z., Secchi, C., Inamine, E., & Pereira, F. D. S. (2008). Cutaneous infection caused by Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum. A microbiological report. Revista Do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 50(1), 51–52. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652008000100011
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