Corynebacterium Striatum, an Emerging Nosocomial Pathogen: Case Reports

Abstract

Corynebacterium striatum is an emerging nosocomial pathogen, capable of causing a variety of infections in immunocompromised and hospitalized patients. ; Case Presentation: We describe three cases of infection by C. striatum that were initially considered as contamination. Clinical suspicion in the wake of predisposing factors and accurate identification, using the Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), were key to implicate this commensal bacterium as a cause of infection.

Keywords: Corynebacterium striatum; MALDI; case report.; diphtheroid; nosocomial; pneumonia; wound infection.