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Outbreak of imported diphtheria with Corynebacterium diphtheriae among migrants arriving in Germany, 2022.

Euro Surveill, 2022
From July 2022, cases of imported diphtheria with toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae remarkably increased among migrants arriving in Germany. Up to 30 September 2022, 44 cases have been reported to the national public health institute, all laboratory ...
Badenschier F, Berger A, Dangel A, Sprenger A, Hobmaier B, Sievers C, Prins H, Dörre A, Wagner-Wiening C, Külper-Schiek W, Wichmann O, Sing A.   +11 more
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Spatiotemporal persistence of multiple, diverse clades and toxins of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Nature Communications, 2021
Cases of diphtheria have increased in recent years. Here, the authors analyse the genomes of 502 Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates across 16 countries and territories over 122 years, describing an increase in antimicrobial resistance genes and ...
Robert C. Will, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Naresh Chand Sharma, Balaji Veeraraghavan, Lucky Sangal, Pradeep Haldar, Agila Kumari Pragasam, Karthick Vasudevan, Dhirendra Kumar, Bhabatosh Das, Eva Heinz, Vyacheslav Melnikov, Stephen Baker, Vartul Sangal, Gordon Dougan, Ankur Mutreja   +15 more
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Cluster of Nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infective Endocarditis and Rising Background C. diphtheriae Cases-Seattle, Washington, 2020-2023. [PDF]

Clin Infect Dis
BACKGROUND Non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae (C. diphtheriae), often associated with wounds, can rarely cause infective endocarditis (IE). Five patients with C.
Karmarkar EN, Fitzpatrick T, Himmelfarb ST, Chow EJ, Smith HZ, Lan KF, Matsumoto J, Graff NR, DeBolt C, Truong T, Bourassa L, Farquhar C, Fang FC, Kim HN, Pottinger PS.   +14 more
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Toxigenic diphtheria rarely detected amid rising cases of nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae infections in Ontario, Canada, 2011–2023 [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Diphtheria remains a major public health threat in areas of the world where diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccine programs are not successfully implemented or maintained.
Lisa R. McTaggart, Alexandra Scione, Kelty Hillier, Elizabeth Brown, Sarah E. Wilson, Julianne V. Kus   +5 more
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Corynebacterium ulcerans 0102 carries the gene encoding diphtheria toxin on a prophage different from the C. diphtheriae NCTC 13129 prophage [PDF]

BMC Microbiology, 2012
Background Corynebacterium ulcerans can cause a diphtheria-like illness, especially when the bacterium is lysogenized with a tox gene-carrying bacteriophage that produces diphtheria toxin. Acquisition of toxigenicity upon phage lysogenization is a common
Sekizuka Tsuyoshi, Yamamoto Akihiko, Komiya Takako, Kenri Tsuyoshi, Takeuchi Fumihiko, Shibayama Keigo, Takahashi Motohide, Kuroda Makoto, Iwaki Masaaki   +8 more
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Corynebacterium ulcerans cutaneous diphtheria. [PDF]

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2015
We describe the case of a patient with cutaneous diphtheria caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans who developed a right hand flexor sheath infection and symptoms of sepsis such as fever, tachycardia, and elevated C-reactive protein, after contact with domestic cats and dogs, and a fox.
Alatoom, Androulla Efstratiou, Ann Sandison, Asuka Leslie, Azhar, Barzantny, Berger, Berger, Bernard, Bizzini, Blue, Bolt, Bonmarin, Bonnet, Burkovski, Corti, Coyle, De Zoysa, Dewinter, Dias, Edmunds, Edwards, Efstratiou, Efstratiou, Elden, Elek, Engler, Engler, Funke, Hogg, Holmes, Katsukawa, Kerrin, Klebs, Kneen, Konrad, König, Lartigue, Leitz, Lindhusen-Lindhé, Logina, Lowe, Luke S P Moore, Margie Meltzer, Markina, McCloskey, McElvania Tekippe, Mina, Mokrousov, Naglich, Owens, Pallen, Pappenheimer, Reacher, Reithinger, Rogers, Schuhegger, Schuhegger, Schulthess, Serwold-Davis, Sevigny, Shiranee Sriskandan, Sing, Sing, Taylor, Tiwari, Trost, Varghese, Wagner, Wagner, Wagner, Wilson, Zamiri, Zeegelaar   +73 more
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae [PDF]

Journal of Hygiene, 1984
Corynebacterium diphtheriae was first observed by Klebs in 1883 and was cultivated a year later by Loeffler, whose description in 1884 of the causative organism of diphtheria remains a standard. Diphtheria was a life-threatening disease throughout the world until the therapeutic use of antitoxin and the use, as a public health measure, of childhood ...

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Distinct Genomic Features Characterize Two Clades of Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Proposal of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Subsp. diphtheriae Subsp. nov. and Corynebacterium diphtheriae Subsp. lausannense Subsp. nov.

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the etiological agent of diphtheria, a disease caused by the presence of the diphtheria toxin. However, an increasing number of records report non-toxigenic C. diphtheriae infections. Here, a C.
Florian Tagini, Trestan Pillonel, Antony Croxatto, Claire Bertelli, Angela Koutsokera, Alban Lovis, Gilbert Greub, Gilbert Greub   +7 more
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Application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined with colorimetric and lateral flow dipstick visualization as the potential point-of-care testing for Corynebacterium diphtheriae

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Diphtheria outbreaks occurred in endemic areas and imported and indigenous cases are reported in UE/EEA. Because of the high infectiveness and severity of the disease, early and accurate diagnosis of each suspected case is essential for the ...
Aleksandra A. Zasada, Aldona Wiatrzyk, Urszula Czajka, Klaudia Brodzik, Kamila Formińska, Ewa Mosiej, Marta Prygiel, Katarzyna Krysztopa-Grzybowska, Karol Wdowiak   +8 more
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae endocarditis

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2011
The authors report the case of a 69-year-old man with an acute toxemic and febrile syndrome. Immediately after admission, the patient’s mental status rapidly deteriorated.
Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos, Vilma Takayasu, Hugo Deutsch, Henrique Lane Staniak, Silvia Regina dos Santos   +4 more
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