학술논문
Isolation of Helcococcus kunzii from plantar phlegmon in a vascular patient
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Journal of Medical Microbiology. Jul 01, 2008 57(7):907-908
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0022-2615
Abstract
Helcococcus kunzii has previously been considered to belong to the normal skin flora of podiatry patients. Here, H. kunzii was isolated in abundance from a pus specimen collected by incision and drainage of plantar phlegmon. This fastidious Gram-positive species was unambiguously identified with the colorimetric VITEK 2 GP card identification system. This suggests that this phenotypic identification system is able to identify promptly H. kunzii, which should be considered a potential pathogen.