Case Report
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 105744T and our isolate CIBU090024.
| Antibiotic | Disk diffusion (mm) | E-test MICs (mg/L) | C. kroppenstedtii CIP 105744T | CIBU090024 | C. kroppenstedtii CIP 105744T | 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 |
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NA: nonavailable.
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