title: Colonisation with toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae in a Scottish burns patient, June 2015.
abstract: On 12 June 2015, Corynebacterium diphtheriae was identified in a skin swab from a burns patient in Scotland. The isolate was confirmed to be genotypically and phenotypically toxigenic. Multilocus sequence typing of three patient isolates yielded sequence type ST 125. The patient was clinically well. We summarise findings of this case, and results of close contact identification and screening: 12 family and close contacts and 32 hospital staff have been found negative for C. diphtheriae.
authors.affiliation: Royal Alexandra Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: Ashutosh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inkster
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Litt
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fry
authors.forename: Iain T R
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shookhye-Dickson
authors.forename: Robert L R
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D016358:Contact Tracing / Q000379:methods*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D003353:Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D004167:Diphtheria Toxin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D012606:Scotland; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004167:Diphtheria Toxin
keywords: Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Scotland; corynebacterium infection; epidemiology; laboratory; laboratory surveillance; surveillance; travel; typing; vaccines and immunisation