A Case Report of Corynebacterium Tuberculostearicum Infection

The goal was to report a rare case of lymphadenitis caused by Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum, and the laboratory's coping approach in the isolation and identification of this rare pathogen to improve the understanding of the disease.

Lymph node biopsy was performed in a patient with suspected tuberculous lymphadenitis, and the biopsy tissue was isolated and cultured.

The culture was Gram positive Corynebacterium, which was identified as Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum by microbial mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Antimicrobial susceptibility test showed that the drug was sensitive to daptomycin, doxycycline, gentamicin, linezolid, vancomycin, and meropenem, but resistant to ciprofloxacin, clindamycin, erythromycin, rifampicin, compound sulfamethoxazole, ceftriaxone, and cefepime.

This is a case of Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum infection. Case reports of Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum infection are relatively rare in China. Through case study, we can provide help for laboratory isolation, identification, clinical diagnosis, and treatment.