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Case Reports
. 2010 Feb;48(2):654-5.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00818-09. Epub 2009 Dec 23.

Corynebacterium accolens-associated pelvic osteomyelitis

Jenny S J Wong  1 , Lois M Seaward, Carmen P Ho, Trevor P Anderson, Esther O C Lau, Matthew R Amodeo, Sarah C L Metcalf, Alan D Pithie, David R Murdoch
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Corynebacterium accolens-associated pelvic osteomyelitis

Jenny S J Wong et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Feb.

Abstract

Corynebacterium accolens is a rare human pathogen. We encountered a case of C. accolens isolated from a thigh collection in a man with osteomyelitis of the adjacent pubic symphysis.

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