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Non-toxigenic tox gene-bearing Corynebacterium ulcerans in a traumatic ulcer from a human case and his asymptomatic dog.
Microbes and infection - 1 Oct 2015
Fuursted Kurt, Søes Lillian Marie, Crewe Bjørn Thomas, Stegger Marc, Andersen Paal Skytt, Christensen Jens Jørgen
Abstract excerpt
A non-toxigenic tox gene-bearing (NTTB) Corynebacterium ulcerans was grown from the wound of a 61-year-old gardener and in a nasal specimen from the patient's asymptomatic dog. The two isolates were similar in terms of antibiogram, multilocus sequence typing (ST341), virulence genes, and only three SNPs were found to differentiate the two NTTB C. ulcerans isolates supporting a zoonotic transmission to or between...
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