Non-toxigenic

infective endocarditis non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae outbreak

Journal

Southern African journal of infectious diseases
ISSN: 2313-1810
Titre abrégé: S Afr J Infect Dis
Pays: South Africa
ID NLM: 101646666

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2024
Historique:
received: 18 05 2023
accepted: 08 08 2023
medline: 6 3 2024
pubmed: 6 3 2024
entrez: 6 3 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Classical toxin-mediated respiratory diphtheria has become less common because of widespread effective vaccination globally but invasive disease as a result of non-toxigenic strains of To describe the outbreak and subsequent investigation of a cluster of five cases of non-toxigenic A retrospective observational case series of five cases of non-toxigenic Non-toxigenic Non-toxigenic strains of This is the largest cluster of non-toxigenic

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
Classical toxin-mediated respiratory diphtheria has become less common because of widespread effective vaccination globally but invasive disease as a result of non-toxigenic strains of
Objectives UNASSIGNED
To describe the outbreak and subsequent investigation of a cluster of five cases of non-toxigenic
Method UNASSIGNED
A retrospective observational case series of five cases of non-toxigenic
Results UNASSIGNED
Non-toxigenic
Conclusion UNASSIGNED
Non-toxigenic strains of
Contribution UNASSIGNED
This is the largest cluster of non-toxigenic

Identifiants

pubmed: 38444885
doi: 10.4102/sajid.v39i1.539
pii: SAJID-39-539
pmc: PMC10913159
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

539

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Authors.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.

Auteurs

Tamsin Lovelock (T)

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

Mignon du Plessis (M)

Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.
School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Clinton van der Westhuizen (C)

Department of Medical Microbiology, Tygerberg Hospital, National Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town, South Africa.
Division of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, Tygerberg Hospital/Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.

Jacques T Janson (JT)

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tygerberg Hospital/Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.

Charlene Lawrence (C)

Western Cape Government, Department of Health and Wellness, Emergency and Clinical Services Support, Service Priorities Coordination, Communicable Disease Control and Outbreak Response, Cape Town, South Africa.

Arifa Parker (A)

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

Alfonso Pecoraro (A)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

Hans Prozesky (H)

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

Anne von Gottberg (A)

Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.
School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Jantjie Taljaard (J)

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

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