Recurrent Breast Abscesses due to Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii, a Human Pathogen Uncommon in Caucasian Women

Table 1

Disk diffusion method compared with E-test MICs for type strain of C. kroppenstedtii CIP 105744^T and our isolate CIBU090024.

Antibiotic	Disk diffusion (mm)		E-test MICs (mg/L)
	C. kroppenstedtii CIP 105744^T	CIBU090024	C. kroppenstedtii CIP 105744^T	CIBU090024
Penicillin G	38	35	0.19	0.47
Amoxicillin	35	45	<0.016	0.094
Cefotaxime	31	40	0.012	0.023
Minocycline	25	33	0.19	0.047
Kanamycin	11	35	3	0.016
Gentamicin	23	40	0.125	0.125
Erythromycin	40	39	0.016	0.25
Pristinamycin	45	40	NA	NA
Clindamycin	26	26	0.094	0.094
Vancomycin	30	32	0.19	0.50
Trimethoprim-; sulfamethoxazole	≤6	≤6	0.047	0.064
Fosfomycin	≤6	≤6	1024	>1024
Rifampicin	45	45	0.004	0.002
Linezolid	25	32	<0.016	0.094
Moxifloxacin	25	36	0.032	0.047

NA: nonavailable.