Carriage of a Single Strain of Nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae bv. Belfanti ( Corynebacterium belfantii ) in Four Patients with Cystic Fibrosis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Carriage of a Single Strain of Nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae bv. Belfanti ( Corynebacterium belfantii ) in Four Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Published:2019-05 Issue:5 Volume:57 Page:
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Pivot Diane¹,Fanton Annlyse²,Badell-Ocando Edgar³⁴,Benouachkou Marion¹,Astruc Karine¹,Huet Frederic²,Amoureux Lucie⁵,Neuwirth Catherine⁵,Criscuolo Alexis⁶,Aho Serge¹,Toubiana Julie³⁴,Brisse Sylvain³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Epidemiology and Hygiene Department, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France

2. Centre de Ressources et de Compétences de la Mucoviscidose (CRCM), Hôpital d’Enfants, Dijon, France

3. Institut Pasteur, Biodiversity and Epidemiology of Bacterial Pathogens, Paris, France

4. National Reference Center for Corynebacteria of the diphtheriae complex, Paris, France

5. Bacteriology Department, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France

6. Institut Pasteur, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Hub, C3BI, USR 3756 IP CNRS, Paris, France

Abstract

Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are commonly colonized by bacterial pathogens, which can induce persistent lung inflammation and may contribute to clinical deterioration. Colonization of CF patients and cross-transmission by Corynebacterium diphtheriae have not been reported so far.

Funder

Dijon University

Public Health France

Institut Pasteur

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.00042-19

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