Transmission of toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans infection with airway obstruction from cats to a human

BACKGROUND: Infections caused by Corynebacterium ulcerans, a zoonotic pathogen, have been reported worldwide. This microorganism is known to produce the diphtheria toxin and cause diphtheria‐like illness. CASE PRESENTATION: A 63‐year‐old woman with a history of diabetes and hypertension developed co...

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Autores principales: Wake, Koji, Kikuchi, Jin, Uchida, Masatoshi, Nemoto, Masato, Kaji, Yoshiyuki, Yokoyama, Tatsuya, Suzuki, Hiromichi, Fukushima, Atsuhito, Yamamoto, Akihiko, Iwaki, Masaaki, Ono, Kazuyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8588950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34804555
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ams2.705
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Infections caused by Corynebacterium ulcerans, a zoonotic pathogen, have been reported worldwide. This microorganism is known to produce the diphtheria toxin and cause diphtheria‐like illness. CASE PRESENTATION: A 63‐year‐old woman with a history of diabetes and hypertension developed cold and flu‐like symptoms, which gradually progressed into respiratory distress. Therefore, the patient was intubated for dyspnea with pseudomembrane formation. A toxin‐producing strain of C. ulcerans was identified, also detected in the patient’s domestic cats. Multilocus sequence typing confirmed all strains, including the patient’s isolate, as ST337. CONCLUSION: Multilocus sequence typing revealed zoonotic transmission of C. ulcerans from domestic cats to a human.

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