Author/Authors :
Barberis, Claudia M. Universidad de Buenos Aires - Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica - Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica - Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín - Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina , Traglia, Germán M. Universidad de Buenos Aires - Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica - Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica - Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín - Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina , Almuzara, Marisa N. Universidad de Buenos Aires - Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica - Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica - Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín - Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina , Rocha, Danilo J. P. G. Instituto de Ciencias da Saúde - Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador-BA, Brasil , Santos, Carolina S. Instituto de Ciencias da Saúde - Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador-BA, Brasil , Aguiar, Eric R. G. R. Instituto de Ciencias da Saúde - Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador-BA, Brasil , Pacheco, Luis G. C. Instituto de Ciencias da Saúde - Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador-BA, Brasil , Vay, Carlos A. Universidad de Buenos Aires - Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica - Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica - Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín - Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Abstract :
Corynebacterium spp. are Gram-positive rods that are recognized to cause opportunistic diseases under certain predisposing clinical conditions. Some species have been described in urinary tract infections. In this report we document a new episode of urinary tract infection caused by Corynebacterium phoceense and describe the whole-genome sequencing, phenotypic characteristics and mass spectra obtained by matrix-assisted desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Based on genome identification and DNA-to-DNA hybridization, we can assume that our strain is the second isolate of C. phoceense to be described in a urine sample. No other infectious diseases have been reported to be associated with this species.
