A Case of Costochondral Abscess due to Corynebacterium minutissimum in an HIV-infected Patient

• Published in: The Journal of infection Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 103 - 105
• Main Authors: Bandera, A., Gori, A., Rossi, M.C., Degli Esposit, A., Ferrario, G., Marchetti, G., Tocalli, L., Franzetti, F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2000; Elsevier
• Subjects: Abscess - drug therapy; Abscess - microbiology; Abscess - surgery; Adult; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - drug therapy; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - surgery; AIDS/HIV; Amikacin - therapeutic use; Amoxicillin - therapeutic use; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics, Antitubercular - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Ciprofloxacin - therapeutic use; Corynebacterium - classification; Corynebacterium - drug effects; Corynebacterium Infections - complications; Corynebacterium Infections - drug therapy; Corynebacterium Infections - surgery; Corynebacterium minutissimum; costochondral abscess; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Drug Resistance, Multiple; HIV Infections - complications; HIV-1; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Penicillins - therapeutic use; Ribs - microbiology; Ribs - surgery; Rifampin - therapeutic use; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Vancomycin - therapeutic use; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; Human; Immunopathology; Opportunistic infection; Drug susceptibility test; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Abscess; AIDS; Rib(bone); Immune deficiency; Infection; Case study; Antibiotic; Viral disease; Multiple resistance; Bacteriosis; Corynebacterium minutissimum; Bacteria; Complication; Actinomycetes; Corynebacteriaceae; Antibacterial agent
• ISSN: 0163-4453; 1532-2742
• DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2000.0679

Corynebacterium minutissimum, known as the causative agent of erythrasma, has recently been reported as a clinically significant pathogen in the immunocompromised host. We report for the first time the possible involvement of a multidrug-resistant C. minutissimum strain in a costochondral abscess occurring in an HIV-infected patient.