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J Med Microbiol 57 (2008), 907-908; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/000471-0
© 2008 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Case Report

Isolation of Helcococcus kunzii from plantar phlegmon in a vascular patient

Nadine Lemaître1, Dominique Huvent2, Caroline Loïez1, Frédéric Wallet1 and René J. Courcol1

1 Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Lille, France

2 Service de Soins de Suite et Réadaptation, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Lille, France

Correspondence
Nadine Lemaître
n-lemaitre{at}chru-lille.fr

Received 16 January 2008
Accepted 18 March 2008

Helcococcus kunzii has previously been considered to belong to the normal skin flora of podiatry patients. Here, H. kunzii was isolated in abundance from a pus specimen collected by incision and drainage of plantar phlegmon. This fastidious Gram-positive species was unambiguously identified with the colorimetric VITEK 2 GP card identification system. This suggests that this phenotypic identification system is able to identify promptly H. kunzii, which should be considered a potential pathogen.






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