Corynebacterium xerosis This organism was originally thought to be the cause of conjunctivitis, but is a part of the normal conjunctival flora. It grows well on conventional media with small non-haemolytic colonies less than 1 mm in diameter after 24 hours’ incubation. Infections have been report...
asCorynebacterium xerosis, but true human infections caused byC. xerosisare exceedingly rare. On the other hand, bothC. striatumandC. amycolatumdo cause invasive infections in immunocompromised patients. LikeC. xerosis, C. striatumis often found on healthy skin but it is increasingly associated ...