Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Aug;28(8):1686-1688. doi: 10.3201/eid2808.220018.
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.
我们报告了在美国德克萨斯州一只宠物猫渗出性皮肤伤口中分离出的一株产毒白喉棒状杆菌。我们还描述了为确定潜在感染源、减轻其传播所进行的流行病学公共卫生工作,以及为鉴定该细菌所进行的分子遗传学研究。