Corynebacterium kutscheri septic arthritis

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 128 KB
• Volume: 32
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-3591
• DOI: 10.1002/anr.1780320819

✦ Synopsis

Corynebacterium kutscheri septic arthritis

To the Editor:

Corynebacteria are widely spread in nature and may be part of the normal flora of humans and animals (1). Generally, Corynebacteriurn kutscheri is referred to in the literature as Corynebacteriurn rnuriurn because of its pathogenicity in rodents (1,Z). We report a case of C kutscheri infectious arthritis in a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica.

The patient, a 68-year-old woman, was admitted to