Emergence of an invasive clone of nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae in the urban poor population of Vancouver, Canada

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1625-1629

  Romney, M G ^a,b   Roscoe, D L ^a,c   Bernard, K ^d   Lai, S ^e   Efstratiou, A ^e   Clarke, A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; CANADA; CELL INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SKIN INFECTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RIBOTYPING; URBAN POPULATION; VIRULENCE;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE;

EID: 33646546659     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1625-1629.2006     Document Type: Article

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