Clinical microbiology of coryneform bacteria

G Funke, A von Graevenitz… - Clinical microbiology …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
Coryneform bacteria are aerobically growing, asporogenous, non-partially-acid-fast, gram-
positive rods of irregular morphology. Within the last few years, there has been a massive …

Characteristics of Bordetella hinzii strains isolated from a cystic fibrosis patient over a 3-year period

G Funke, T Hess, A von Graevenitz… - Journal of clinical …, 1996 - Am Soc Microbiol
Over a 3-year period, an adult cystic fibrosis patient underwent eight episodes of pulmonary
exacerbation of his disease. At least one of two different strains of Bordetella hinzii could be …

Coryneform Gram‐positive rods

G Funke, KA Bernard - Manual of clinical microbiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter deals with aerobically growing, asporogenous, irregularly shaped, non‐
partially acid‐fast, gram‐positive rods generally called" coryneforms." The bacteria …

Evaluation of the VITEK 2 system for rapid identification of medically relevant gram-negative rods

G Funke, D Monnet, C deBernardis… - Journal of clinical …, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
The new VITEK 2 system (bioMérieux) was evaluated at two independent sites with the
identification card for gram-negative bacilli (ID-GNB card). Of the 845 strains tested, which …

Noninflammatory chronic pelvic pain syndrome: immunological study in blood, ejaculate and prostate tissue

H John, H John, A Barghorn, A Barghorn, G Funke… - European …, 2001 - karger.com
Objectives: The aim of this prospective study was to observe immunophenotypic patterns in
patients with noninflammatory chronic pelvic pain syndrome (Cat IIIB CPPS) for further …

Isolation of Arthrobacter spp. from clinical specimens and description of Arthrobacter cumminsii sp. nov. and Arthrobacter woluwensis sp. nov

G Funke, RA Hutson, KA Bernard… - Journal of clinical …, 1996 - Am Soc Microbiol
Arthrobacter spp. are very widely distributed in the environment (eg, soil) but have not been
described as causing disease in humans. Over a 6-year period, two reference laboratories …

Comprehensive Study of Strains Previously Designated Streptococcus bovis Consecutively Isolated from Human Blood Cultures and Emended Description of Streptococcus gallolyticus …

M Beck, R Frodl, G Funke - Journal of clinical microbiology, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Modern taxonomy has delineated Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus, S.
gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus, Streptococcus infantarius subsp. coli, and S. infantarius …

Identities of Microbacterium spp. Encountered in Human Clinical Specimens

K Gneiding, R Frodl, G Funke - Journal of clinical microbiology, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
In the present study, 50 strains of yellow-pigmented gram-positive rods that had been
isolated from human clinical specimens and collected over a 5-year period were further …

Performance of the new VITEK 2 GP card for identification of medically relevant gram-positive cocci in a routine clinical laboratory

G Funke, P Funke-Kissling - Journal of clinical microbiology, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
The VITEK 2 gram-positive (GP) identification card (bioMérieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France) has
been redesigned to achieve greater accuracy in the identification of gram-positive cocci. A …

Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of some recently established coryneform bacteria

G Funke, V Pünter… - Antimicrobial agents and …, 1996 - Am Soc Microbiol
The susceptibility patterns of 480 isolates representing six recently defined species of
coryneform bacteria (Corynebacterium amycolatum [n= 101], Corynebacterium auris [n= 48] …