Corynebacterium otitidis explained

Corynebacterium otitidis is a coryneform Gram-positive bacterium first isolated from patients with otitis media.^[1]

Further reading

• Poulter, Melinda D., and Claudia J. Hinnebusch. "Turicella otitidis in a young adult with otitis externa." Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 13.1 (2005): 31–32.
• Gomez-Garces JL, Alhambra A, Alos JI, Barrera B, García G . Acute and chronic otitis media and Turicella otitidis: a controversial association. . Clin Microbiol Infect . 2004 . 10 . 9 . 854–7 . 15355421 . 10.1111/j.1198-743X.2004.00965.x . free .
• Renaud . F. N. . etal . 1996 . Identification of Turicella otitidis isolated from a patient with otorrhea associated with surgery: differentiation from Corynebacterium afermentans and Corynebacterium auris . Journal of Clinical Microbiology . 34 . 10. 2625–2627 . 10.1128/JCM.34.10.2625-2627.1996 . 8880538 . 229339 .
• Graevenitz. A.. Funke. G.. Turicella otitidis and Corynebacterium auris: 20 years on. Infection. 42. 1. 2013. 1–4. 0300-8126. 10.1007/s15010-013-0488-x. 23775360. 44741618.

External links

• • LPSN
• Type strain of Turicella otitidis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Funke. G.. Stubbs. S.. Altwegg. M.. Carlotti. A.. Collins. M. D.. Turicella otitidis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Coryneform Bacterium Isolated from Patients with Otitis Media. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 44. 2. 1994. 270–273. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-44-2-270. 8186090. free.