Corynebacterium Species commonly associated with human disease | |
Organism | Diseases |
C. diphteriae | Diphteria(respiratory, cutaneous) |
C. jeikeium (Group JK) | Septicemia, soft tissue infections, other opportunistic infections |
C. urealyticum | UTI, opp inf |
C. minutissimum | Erythrasma, opp inf |
C. Xerosis | Opp inf |
C. pseudodiphtericum | Endocarditis, opp inf |
C. Striatum | Opp inf |
- Non-spore forming
- Gram positive bacilli
- Called also diphteorids
Similar bacterias:
Nocardia
Rhodococcus
Mycobacterium
