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Soft tissue infections with arcanobacterium haemolyticum: Report of three cases
We report here three polymicrobial wound infections associated with
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum in rural patients aged between 60-65
years. In two patients, one with cellulitis and the other with
postoperative wound infection following amputation of the limb,
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum was isolated repeatedly along with β
haemolytic streptococci (BHS). The BHS belonged to Lancefield′s
group G and group C respectively. In another patient, who was a
diabetic with chronic osteomyelitis, Arcanobacterium haemolyticum was
isolated along with Proteus vulgaris . All the three isolates of
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum isolated by us were uniformly resistant to
cotrimoxazole and sensitive to penicillin, erythromycin, clindamycin,
ciprofloxacin and gentamicin. Erythromycin alone or combined therapy of
penicillin with erythromycin or penicillin with ciprofloxacin was
effective in treating these infections