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Case Reports
. 1984 Dec;20(6):1219-20.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.20.6.1219-1220.1984.

Recurrent breast abscesses caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum

S A Berger, A Gorea, J Stadler, M Dan, M Zilberman
Case Reports

Recurrent breast abscesses caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum

S A Berger et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1984 Dec.

Abstract

A 42-year-old woman developed severe, recurrent breast abscesses caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum. Prior reports of C. minutissimum infection have been limited to erythrasma, a minor dermatosis. The microbiological and clinical features of this species were reviewed.

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