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ArticleMicrobiology and immunology2026

Genome Analysis of Corynebacterium ulcerans Isolates Chronologically Recovered From the Same Cat for Two Years: Circulation in a Cat Shelter.

Ryoko Jikihara, Miyuki Kimura, Hyun Kim, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Masatomo Morita, Makoto Kuroda, Akihiko Yamamoto, Mitsutoshi Senoh, Masaaki Iwaki

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Article in Microbiology and immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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9 authors.

Ryoko JikiharaOkayama City Public Health Center, Okayama, Japan.
Miyuki KimuraDepartment of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS), Tokyo, Japan.
Hyun KimDepartment of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS), Tokyo, Japan.
Tsuyoshi SekizukaPathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Masatomo MoritaDepartment of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS), Tokyo, Japan.
Makoto KurodaPathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Akihiko YamamotoDepartment of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS), Tokyo, Japan.
Mitsutoshi SenohDepartment of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS), Tokyo, Japan.
Masaaki IwakiDepartment of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS), Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4870-8924

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Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP22fk0108653Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP23fk0108653Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP24fk0108653
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans, a zoonotic pathogen, was isolated repeatedly from a cat in an in-house group in Japan. Although the cat was cured once by antibiotic treatment, clonal isolates of the original pathogenic strain were recovered repeatedly during a 2-year course. Clonal isolates of those isolates were also obtained from other asymptomatic cats in the same shelter, suggesting that environmental circulation of the pathogen had occurred. Care should be taken to monitor and cure the animals if any of their groupmates test positive for the pathogen, even if asymptomatic.

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Cat DiseasesCorynebacteriumCorynebacterium InfectionsGenome, BacterialAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCatsJapanAnti-Bacterial Agentscompanion animaldiphtheriazoonosis

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PMID42494223
PMCPMC13643659

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