Novel Corynebacterium diphtheriae in domestic cats.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Hall AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3321947 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature