Aspectos clínico-epidemiológicos e microbiológicos de processos infecciosos causados por Corynebacterium spp em pacientes de centro de referência oncológico – Rio de Janeiro, Brasil / Clinical-epidemiological and microbiological aspects of infectious processes caused by Corynebacterium spp in pacients at the National Cancer Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Os resultados permitiram a redação de quatro artigos. Aspectos microbiológicos e clínicos de corinebacterioses em pacientes com câncer observados durante cinco anos foram descritos no Artigo 1. No Artigo 2 foram apresentados casos de bacteremia causados por corinebactérias invasivas não toxigênicas em dois períodos com intervalo de sete anos. As infecções em pacientes com câncer por C. diphtheriae, causando casos clínicos atípicos foram descritas no Artigo 3, além do estudo dos principais fatores de virulência de uma cepa de C. diphtheriae isolada de infecção associada ao cateter de nefrostomia foi descrita no Artigo 4. Resumidamente no Artigo 1, além dos aspectos clínico-epidemiológicos foram avaliados os perfis de resistência aos antimicrobianos e o potencial de virulência dos micro-organismos. Em cinco anos, 932 amostras de corinebactérias, com perfis de resistência aos antimicrobianos testados, foram isoladas de pacientes com câncer. As espécies predominantes foram Corynebacterium amycolatum (44,7%), Corynebacterium minutissimum (18,3%) e Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum (8,5%). O uso de catéteres de longa permanência e a neutropenia, foram às condições importantes para infecção por corinebactérias. As doenças de base mais comuns foram os tumores sólidos. Pacientes hospitalizados apresentaram risco seis vezes maior de morrer, quando relacionadas às taxas de mortalidade com 30 dias (RC= 5,5; IC 95%= 1,15-26,30; p= 0,033). As bacteremias (Artigo 2) causadas por corinebactérias foram observadas em dois períodos: 2003-2004 (n=38) e de 2012-2013 (n=24). As espécies multirresistentes C. amycolatum e Corynebacterium jeikeium foram os principais responsáveis pelos quadros de bacteremia. Havia 34 pacientes com tumores sólidos e 28 pacientes com doenças linfoproliferativas, sendo que 21 deles apresentavam neutropenia e 54 utilizavam cateter venoso central. Em 41 pacientes havia infecção relacionada ou associada aos dispositivos intravasculares...

A retrospective study at the InstitutoNacional doCâncer-INCA (National Cancer Institute) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil examined infections of Corynebacterium sp. in cancer patients. The results were presented in four papers. Article 1 describes microbiological and clinical aspects of corynebacteriosis in cancer patients observed over five years. Article 2 presents cases of bacteremia caused by invasive non-toxigenic corynebacteria observed in 2003-2004 and seven years later in 2012-2013. Article 3 presents atypical clinical cases of cancer patients infected by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, while Article 4 is a study of the major bacterial virulence factors of an isolated strain of C. diphtheriae in infections associated with nephrostomy catheters.In addition to clinical and epidemiological aspects, Article 1 evaluates the antimicrobial resistance profiles and potential virulence factor of microorganisms. Over a period of five years, 932 samples of corynebacteria with antimicrobial resistance profiles were isolated from patients with cancer. The predominant species were Corynebacterium amycolatum (44.7%), Corynebacterium minutissimum (18.3%) and Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum (8.5%).Long-term catheter use and neutropenia were the major conditions for infection by corynebacteria. Solid tumors were the most common underlying illness. The 30-day mortality rate for patients with corynebacteria infections was six times greater in hospitalized patients than for non-hospitalized patients (OR = 5.5, 95% CI = 1.15 to 26.30, p = 0.033).In Article 2, bacteremia caused by corynebacteria were observed in two time frames: 2003 to 2004 (n=38) and 2012 to 2103 (n=24). The multidrug-resistant species C. amycolatum and Corynebacterium jeikeium were responsible for invasive diseases.There were 34 patients with solid tumors and 28 patients with lymphoproliferative diseases, of which 21 had neutropenia and 54 used central venous catheter...

TAXONOMY OF PLANT PATHOGENIC CORYNEFORM BACTERIA / 微生物学通报

There are many different opinions about the taxonomy of plant pathogenic coryneform bacteria since they were departed from genus of Corynebacteria. In recent years, they were classified into 5 genus, including Clav-ibacter, Curtobacterium, Arthrobacter, Rhodococcus and Rathayibacter. Some new points of view about their taxonomy have been published thereafter. The changing of taxonomy is maily because of the methods'altering from old to new molecular and polyphasic taxonomy, and the latter is in continuously development. Taxonomy of plant pathogenic coryneform bacteria somehow depends on the cooperation of phytopathologists, microbilogists and other scientists.