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Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection in Cat,Texas, USA |
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| Authors: | Ronald Tyler Jr. Layda Rincon Michael R. Weigand Lingzi Xiaoli Anna M. Acosta Daniel Kurien Hong Ju Sonia Lingsweiler Emilie Yvonne Prot |
| Affiliation: | Texas Department of State Health Services, Harlingen, Texas, USA (R. Tyler Jr., E.Y. Prot);Cameron County Public Health Department, San Benito, Texas, USA (L. Rincon);Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.R. Weigand, A.M. Acosta, H. Ju);IHRC, Inc., Atlanta (L. Xiaoli); ASRT, Inc., Atlanta (D. Kurien);Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, College Station, Texas, USA (S. Lingsweiler) |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | toxigenic diphtheria Corynebacterium diphtheriae C. diphtheriae domestic cat cat diphtheria Texas United States |