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Isolation ofCorynebacterium group D2 from clinical specimens

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A total of 38 strains ofCorynebacterium Group D2 isolated from clinical specimens in Belgian laboratories were characterized by pronounced urease activity, inability to acidify sugars and to reduce nitrates and multiresistance to antibiotics. Two strains were involved in clinical diseases. The organisms were found to have a more opportunistic than pathogenic behaviour.

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  1. Microbiology Unit and St. Luc University Hospital, Catholic University of Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 54.90, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    B. Van Bosterhaut, J. Gigi & G. Wauters

  2. University Hospital, Department of Microbiology, State University of Ghent, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Gent, Belgium

    G. Claeys

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Van Bosterhaut, B., Claeys, G., Gigi, J. et al. Isolation ofCorynebacterium group D2 from clinical specimens. Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 6, 418–419 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02013099

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