Human Clinical Isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans Collected in Canada from 1999 to 2003 but Not Fitting Reporting Criteria for Cases of Diphtheria-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Human Clinical Isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans Collected in Canada from 1999 to 2003 but Not Fitting Reporting Criteria for Cases of Diphtheria

Published:2005-07 Issue:7 Volume:43 Page:3447-3449
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

DeWinter Leanne M.¹,Bernard Kathryn A.¹,Romney Marc G.²

Affiliation:

1. National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 3R2

2. Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Abstract

ABSTRACT A 5-year collection of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans human clinical isolates yielded nine isolates from blood cultures of patients with invasive infections, stressing the importance of C. diphtheriae as a serious blood-borne pathogen. Seven percent of C. diphtheriae and 100% of C. ulcerans isolates produced diphtheria toxin, demonstrating that toxigenic corynebacteria continue to circulate.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.43.7.3447-3449.2005

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