Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection in Cat, Texas, USA

We report a toxigenic strain of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated from an oozing dermal wound in a pet cat in Texas, USA. We also describe the epidemiologic public health efforts conducted to identify potential sources of infection and mitigate its spread and the molecular and genetic studies per...

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Autores principales: Tyler, Ronald, Rincon, Layda, Weigand, Michael R., Xiaoli, Lingzi, Acosta, Anna M., Kurien, Daniel, Ju, Hong, Lingsweiler, Sonia, Prot, Emilie Yvonne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9328917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35876749
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2808.220018
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Sumario:We report a toxigenic strain of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated from an oozing dermal wound in a pet cat in Texas, USA. We also describe the epidemiologic public health efforts conducted to identify potential sources of infection and mitigate its spread and the molecular and genetic studies performed to identify the bacterium.

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