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Novel Corynebacterium diphtheriae in Domestic Cats

2010; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 16; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid1604.091107

1080-6059

Aron J. Hall, Pamela K. Cassiday, Kathryn Bernard, Frances Bolt, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Danae Bixler, Lucia C. Pawloski, Anne M. Whitney, Masaaki Iwaki, Adam Baldwin, Christopher G. Dowson, Takako Komiya, Motohide Takahashi, Hans Peter Hinrikson, M. Lucia Tondella,

Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

Novel nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae was isolated from a domestic cat with severe otitis. Contact investigation and carrier study of human and animal contacts yielded 3 additional, identical isolates from cats, although no evidence of zoonotic transmission was identified. Molecular methods distinguished the feline isolates from known C. diphtheriae.