Corynebacterium species and other coryneform organisms isolated from clinical specimens are frequently considered contaminants. We isolated two strains of a gram-positive organism from the vitreous fluid of two patients with endophthalmitis who had previously received intraocular lens transplants. The biochemical characteristics and gas chromatographic patterns of both isolates were similar to ...

Until recently, the diagnosis of systemic mycoses was mainly based on traditional methods producing late and inconclusive results. Currently used methods of serological diagnostics are generally based on detection of cell wall components of selected pathogenic fungal species--mannoproteins, functioning as a antigenic markers. There are big hopes for adaptation of commercially available assays t...