Biomedical subjects

V Pünter-Streit

Publications and source records attributed to V Pünter-Streit.

4 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1998

Failure to recognize rapidly growing mycobacteria in a proficiency testing sample without specific request--a wider diagnostic problem?

Fifty participants in the Swiss External Quality Control Program in Bacteriology/Mycology received a diagnostic sample containing Mycobacterium fortuitum. Only 31 used some sort of acid-fast stains, and 13 reported the diagnosis of M. fortuitum or rapidly growing mycobacteria. We conclude that the presence of 'rapid growers' in routine bacteriology samples is underestimated, and that acid-fast stains should be performed on suspicious Gram-positive rods.

Bacteriological Techniques↗

PubMed1998

Coryneform bacteria in throat cultures of healthy individuals.

Throat swabs from 113 healthy individuals from Hamburg, Germany, and Zurich, Switzerland, were investigated for coryneform bacteria with nonselective and selective media. Ninety specimens contained 123 strains. Surprisingly, 76% of them were strains of Corynebacterium durum (47%) and Rothia dentocariosa (29%). Only two were strains of Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum, and none were strains of C. striatum, C. amycolatum, or C. diphtheriae.

Adult↗

PubMed1995

Development of a new selective plating medium for Rhodococcus equi.

A new selective plating medium for Rhodococcus equi containing ceftazidime (20 mg/l) and novobiocin (25 mg/l) on a Mueller-Hinton agar basis is described. It proved to be less inhibitory for R. equi than selective plating media devised earlier and grew only very few other nocardioform bacteria.

Actinomycetales Infections↗

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Diversity of coryneforms found in infections following prosthetic joint insertion and open fractures.

In a 5-year period, 73 coryneform isolates from prosthetic joint and open fracture infections in 60 patients treated in a hospital specialized in orthopedic surgery were speciated. The most frequent species were Corynebacterium amycolatum, Corynebacterium striatum, Corynebacterium diphtheriae biotype mitis, and Corynebacterium jeikeium. At least 14 isolates were deemed clinically significant as sole agents of infection.

Actinomycetales↗