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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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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author Tyler, Ronald
Rincon, Layda
Weigand, Michael R.
Xiaoli, Lingzi
Acosta, Anna M.
Kurien, Daniel
Ju, Hong
Lingsweiler, Sonia
Prot, Emilie Yvonne
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Rincon, Layda
Weigand, Michael R.
Xiaoli, Lingzi
Acosta, Anna M.
Kurien, Daniel
Ju, Hong
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description 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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spelling pubmed-93289172022-08-06 Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection in Cat, Texas, USA Tyler, Ronald Rincon, Layda Weigand, Michael R. Xiaoli, Lingzi Acosta, Anna M. Kurien, Daniel Ju, Hong Lingsweiler, Sonia Prot, Emilie Yvonne Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9328917/ /pubmed/35876749 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2808.220018 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Tyler, Ronald
Rincon, Layda
Weigand, Michael R.
Xiaoli, Lingzi
Acosta, Anna M.
Kurien, Daniel
Ju, Hong
Lingsweiler, Sonia
Prot, Emilie Yvonne
Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection in Cat, Texas, USA
title Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection in Cat, Texas, USA
title_full Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection in Cat, Texas, USA
title_fullStr Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection in Cat, Texas, USA
title_full_unstemmed Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection in Cat, Texas, USA
title_short Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection in Cat, Texas, USA
title_sort toxigenic corynebacterium diphtheriae infection in cat, texas, usa
topic Dispatch
url 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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