Corynebacterium macginleyi isolated from a corneal ulcer

• Main Authors: Kathryn Ruoff (Author), Christine M. Toutain-Kidd (Author), Muthiah Srinivasan (Author), Prajna Lalitha (Author), Nisha R. Acharya (Author), Michael E. Zegans (Author), Joseph D. Schwartzman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

We report the isolation of Corynebacterium macginleyi from the corneal ulcer culture of a patient, later enrolled in the Steroids for Corneal Ulcer Trial (SCUT). To our knowledge this is the first published report from North America of the recovery of C. macginleyi from a serious ocular infection.