Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection in Cat, Texas, USA

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Tyler, Ronald ; Rincon, Layda ; Weigand, Michael R. ; Xiaoli, Lingzi ; Acosta, Anna M. ; Kurien, Daniel ; Ju, Hong ; Lingsweiler, Sonia ; Prot, Emilie Yvonne
• 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.
• Subjects:
  Animals C. Diphtheriae Cat Diphtheria Cats Corynebacterium Diphtheriae Diphtheria Dispatch Domestic Cat Texas Toxigenic Corynebacterium Diphtheriae Infection In Cat, Texas, Usa Toxigenic Diphtheria United States

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(8):1686-1688
• Pubmed ID:
  35876749
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9328917
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b4171e78bd6b1fef2628e35df0d14a6dc87ee48344969a64ac5c2590c3228292
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120188/cdc_120188_DS1.pdf
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