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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2025

Diphtheria Toxin-Producing Corynebacterium ramonii in Inner-City Population, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2019-2023.

Christopher F Lowe, Gordon Ritchie, Chiara Crestani, Miguel Imperial, Nancy Matic, Michael Payne, Aleksandra Stefanovic, Diana Whellams, Sylvain Brisse, Marc G Romney

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Christopher F Lowe
Gordon Ritchie
Chiara Crestani
Miguel Imperial
Nancy Matic
Michael Payne
Aleksandra Stefanovic
Diana Whellams
Sylvain Brisse
Marc G Romney

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted patient chart reviews and whole-genome sequencing of wound specimens containing presumptive Corynebacterium ulcerans from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, during July 2019-July 2023. Sequencing confirmed 8/14 isolates were C. ramonii and identified 2 distinct clusters. Molecular methods should be used to clinically differentiate potential toxin-producing Corynebacterium spp.

Indexed as

CorynebacteriumCorynebacterium InfectionsDiphtheriaDiphtheria ToxinAdultAgedBritish ColumbiaFemaleHistory, 21st CenturyHumansMaleMiddle AgedUrban PopulationWhole Genome SequencingDiphtheria ToxinbacteriaBritish ColumbiaCanadaCorynebacterium diphtheriaeCorynebacterium ramoniiCorynebacterium ulceranscutaneous diphtheriadiphtheria toxinMALDI-TOF MSmatrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometrynext-generation sequencingVancouverzoonoses

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PMID39773277
PMCPMC11845165

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