Emerging Corynebacterium diphtheriae Species Complex Infections, Réunion Island, France, 2015–2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Garrigos, Thomas ; Grimal, Anais ; Badell, Edgar ; Traversier, Nicolas ; Picot, Sandrine ; Lignereux, Anne ; Ramiandrisoa, Mahery ; Ben Cimon, Céline ; Jaffar-Bandjee, Marie-Christine ; Gbaguidi-Haore, Houssein ; Toubiana, Julie ; Brisse, Sylvain ; Miltgen, Guillaume ; Belmonte, Olivier
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• Description:
  Clinical, epidemiologic, and microbiologic analyses revealed emergence of 26 cases of Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex infections on Réunion Island, France, during 2015-2020. Isolates were genetically diverse, indicating circulation and local transmission of several diphtheria sublineages. Clinicians should remain aware of the risk for diphtheria and improve diagnostic methods and patient management.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Emerging Corynebacterium diphtheriae Species Complex Infections, Réunion Island, France, 2015–2020
  • diphtheria
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  • Corynebacterium ulcerans
  • epidemiology
  • genotyping
  • antimicrobial resistance
  • bacteria
  • respiratory infections
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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(8):1630-1633
• Pubmed ID:
  37486209
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10370861
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/132614/cdc_132614_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 480.34 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ca78758cfca14e2fd28a3fe228708ffcb7577a376c037784638a66ab8e89d24f