Canada's first case of a multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain, isolated from a skin abscess.
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A toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae biovar mitis sequence type 136 (ST136) strain was recovered from a toe infection of an unvaccinated patient recently returned from India. The isolate was resistant to clindamycin, erythromycin (ermX positive), tetracycline, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, intermediate to ceftriaxone and cefotaxime, and had high MICs for telithromycin and chloramphenicol but was sensitive to other drugs.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 49 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011