Corynebacterium phoceense - a rare Corynebacterium species isolated from a urine sample

Claudia M Barberis; Germán M Traglia; Marisa N Almuzara; Danilo J P G Rocha; Carolina S Santos; Eric R G R Aguiar; Luis G C Pacheco; Carlos A Vay

doi:10.1099/acmi.0.000197

Corynebacterium phoceense - a rare Corynebacterium species isolated from a urine sample

Access Microbiol. 2021 Jan 27;3(2):000197. doi: 10.1099/acmi.0.000197. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Authors

Claudia M Barberis¹, Germán M Traglia¹, Marisa N Almuzara¹, Danilo J P G Rocha², Carolina S Santos², Eric R G R Aguiar², Luis G C Pacheco², Carlos A Vay¹

Affiliations

¹ Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
² Instituto de Ciencias da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador-BA, Brasil.

Abstract

Corynebacterium spp. are Gram-positive rods that are recognized to cause opportunistic diseases under certain predisposing clinical conditions. Some species have been described in urinary tract infections. In this report we document a new episode of urinary tract infection caused by Corynebacterium phoceense and describe the whole-genome sequencing, phenotypic characteristics and mass spectra obtained by matrix-assisted desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Based on genome identification and DNA-to-DNA hybridization, we can assume that our strain is the second isolate of C. phoceense to be described in a urine sample. No other infectious diseases have been reported to be associated with this species.

Keywords: Corynebacterium; MALDI-TOF MS; urinary tract infection.

Publication types

Case Reports