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Silva-Santana G, Silva CMF, Olivella JGB, Silva IF, Fernandes LMO, Sued-Karam BR, Santos CS, Souza C, Mattos-Guaraldi AL. Worldwide survey of Corynebacterium striatum increasingly associated with human invasive infections, nosocomial outbreak, and antimicrobial multidrug-resistance, 1976-2020. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:1863-1880. [PMID: 33625540 PMCID: PMC7903872 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02246-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Corynebacterium striatum is part of microbiota of skin and nasal mucosa of humans and has been increasingly reported as the etiologic agent of community-acquired and nosocomial diseases. Antimicrobial multidrug-resistant (MDR) C. striatum strains have been increasingly related to various nosocomial diseases and/or outbreaks worldwide, including fatal invasive infections in immunosuppressed and immunocompetent patients. Although cases of infections by C. striatum still neglected in some countries, the improvement of microbiological techniques and studies led to the increase of survival of patients with C. striatum nosocomial infections at different levels of magnitude. Biofilm formation on abiotic surfaces contributes for the persistence of virulent C. striatum and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in hospital environment. Besides that, empirical antibiotic therapy can select multi-resistant strains and transfer intra and interspecies genes horizontally. In this study, a worldwide survey of C. striatum human infections and nosocomial outbreaks was accomplished by the analysis of clinical–epidemiological and microbiological features of reported cases from varied countries, during a 44-year period (1976–2020).
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Affiliation(s)
- Giorgio Silva-Santana
- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
- The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Health Sciences Center, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
- Centro de Ciências da Saúde (CCS), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo de Góes, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
| | - Cecília Maria Ferreira Silva
- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| | - Julianna Giordano Botelho Olivella
- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| | - Igor Ferreira Silva
- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| | - Laís Menegoi Oliveira Fernandes
- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| | - Bruna Ribeiro Sued-Karam
- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| | - Cíntia Silva Santos
- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| | - Cassius Souza
- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| | - Ana Luíza Mattos-Guaraldi
- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Health Sciences Center, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- Centro de Ciências da Saúde (CCS), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo de Góes, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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