Epidemiology of corynebacterial urinary infections

摘要

For a long time corynebacteria have not been accepted as true pathogens, but as contaminants, due to insufficient data on their role in human infections.1 The aim of our study was to investigate the characteristics of patients experiencing urinary infections due to corynebacteria. Between 2000 and 2001, 9410 urinary specimens were cultured in sheep blood agar and eosin methylene blue agar. All cultures included were obtained from single patients. The agar plates were incubated for 7 days. The corynebacterial samples exceeding 100?000?cfu/ml were evaluated.