title: Canada's first case of a multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain, isolated from a skin abscess.
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.
authors: University of Alberta, Department of Medical Microbiology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors: Neil V
authors: NV
authors: Mina
authors: Tamara
authors: T
authors: Burdz
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Wiebe
authors: Jagtar S
authors: JS
authors: Rai
authors: Tazim
authors: T
authors: Rahim
authors: Fern
authors: F
authors: Shing
authors: Linda
authors: L
authors: Hoang
authors: Kathryn
authors: K
authors: Bernard
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002170:Canada; D003353:Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D058889:Molecular Typing; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014034:Toes / Q000382:microbiology; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents