Canada's first case of a multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain, isolated from a skin abscess

Neil V Mina; Tamara Burdz; Deborah Wiebe; Jagtar S Rai; Tazim Rahim; Fern Shing; Linda Hoang; Kathryn Bernard

doi:10.1128/JCM.05296-11

Canada's first case of a multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain, isolated from a skin abscess

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Nov;49(11):4003-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.05296-11. Epub 2011 Aug 31.

Authors

Neil V Mina¹, Tamara Burdz, Deborah Wiebe, Jagtar S Rai, Tazim Rahim, Fern Shing, Linda Hoang, Kathryn Bernard

Affiliation

¹ University of Alberta, Department of Medical Microbiology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnosis*
Abscess / microbiology
Abscess / pathology
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Canada
Corynebacterium diphtheriae / drug effects*
Corynebacterium diphtheriae / isolation & purification
Diphtheria / diagnosis
Diphtheria / microbiology
Diphtheria / pathology
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Humans
India
Male
Molecular Typing
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / pathology
Toes / microbiology
Travel

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents