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The Conundrum of the Gram-Positive Rod: Are We Missing Important Pathogens in Complicated Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections? A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Surgical Infections, 10/08/09

Clarke TM et al. – Diphtheroids are generally considered non–pathogenic contaminants in skin and soft tissue infections. The finding of A. bernardiae in necrotizing fasciitis is unusual and clinically important but would have been missed using conventional methods. As the “gram–positive bacillus” comes to include an ever–increasing number of organisms, genetic sequencing will probably be required more regularly for species identification.

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