Taber's Medical Dictionary
Corynebacterium
(kor″ĭ-nē-bak-tir′ē-ŭm)
[L. corynebacterium fr Gr. korynē, a club, + bacterium]
A genus of gram-positive, aerobic, nonmotile bacilli of the family Corynebacteriaceae. Some are part of normal skin flora; others are pathogens for domestic animals, birds, and reptiles.
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
The causative agent of diphtheria in humans.
SEE: diphtheria
Corynebacterium minutissimum
The causative species of erythrasma.
Corynebacterium parvum
An organism used as part of a nonspecific immunotherapy regimen (investigational) in the treatment of lung cancer.
Corynebacterium vaginale
A former name for SEE: Gardnerella vaginalis.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Corynebacterium." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766535/all/Corynebacterium_minutissimum.
Corynebacterium. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766535/all/Corynebacterium_minutissimum. Accessed September 27, 2023.
Corynebacterium. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766535/all/Corynebacterium_minutissimum
Corynebacterium [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 September 27]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766535/all/Corynebacterium_minutissimum.
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