Isolation of Helcococcus kunzii from plantar phlegmon in a vascular patient

被引：13

作者：

Lemaitre, Nadine ^{[1
]}

Huvent, Dominique ^{[2
]}

Loiez, Caroline ^{[1
]}

Wallet, Frederic ^{[1
]}

Courcol, Rene J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ctr Hosp Reg Univ, Ctr Biol Pathol, Lab Bacteriol Hyg, Lille, France

[2] Ctr Hosp Reg Univ, Serv Soins Suite & Readaptat, Lille, France

来源：

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2008年 / 57卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1099/jmm.0.2008/000471-0

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

Helcococcus kunzii has previously been considered to belong to the normal skin flora of podiatry patients. Here, H. kunzii was isolated in abundance from a pus specimen collected by incision and drainage of plantar phlegmon. This fastidious Gram-positive species was unambiguously identified with the colorimetric VITEK 2 GP card identification system. This suggests that this phenotypic identification system is able to identify promptly H. kunzii, which should be considered a potential pathogen.

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页码：907 / 908

页数：2

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