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Case Reports
. 2015 Sep;35(5):548-50.
doi: 10.3343/alm.2015.35.5.548.

Central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection by Corynebacterium striatum identified by 16S rRNA and rpoB gene sequencing

Hyung Seok Yang  1 , Young Jin Kim  1 , Sun Young Cho  1 , Eunju Shin  2 , Hee Joo Lee  3
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Central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection by Corynebacterium striatum identified by 16S rRNA and rpoB gene sequencing

Hyung Seok Yang et al. Ann Lab Med. 2015 Sep.
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Authors' Disclosures of Potential Conflicts of Interest: No potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.

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Fig. 1. Peripheral blood culture on blood agar showing pure isolates as white, opaque, and smooth-edged colonies.
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