Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infections, South Africa, 2015-2023.

• Tác giả: Cheryl Cohen, Linda de Gouveia, Mignon du Plessis, Noluthando Duma, Jonathan Featherston, Nevashan Govender, Charlene Lawrence, Tamsin Lovelock, Prasha Mahabeer, Yesholata Mahabeer, Rito Mikhari, Mishalan Moodley, Jocelyn Moyes, Susan Nzenze, Anne von Gottberg, Sibongile Walaza
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 614.51 Salmonella infections, bacillary diseases, clostridium infections, diphtheria, cholera, dysenteries, influenza
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Emerging infectious diseases , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 739961
• Chủ đề: 1. Corynebacterium; 2. Diphtheriae; 3. Infections

Tóm tắt

 We reviewed Corynebacterium spp. infection cases reported in South Africa during 2015-2023. We analyzed 84 isolates from 83 patients with C. diphtheriae, as well as 1 C. belfantii and 3 C. ulcerans isolates. Among C. diphtheriae cases, we observed respiratory diphtheria (26/83 patients [31%]), endocarditis (14/83 [17%]), cutaneous diphtheria (22/83 [27%]), nonspecific respiratory illnesses (5/83 [6%]), and asymptomatic carriage (16/83 [19%]). The median patient age was 19 (range 0-88) years. Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination was incomplete for 26% (5/19) or unknown for 68% (13/19) of children 0-9 years of age. C. diphtheriae was intermediately resistant to penicillin (82/84 [98%] isolates
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