Multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium diphtheriae in people with travel history from West Africa to France, March to September 2023

We describe 10 unlinked cases of Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection (nine cutaneous, one respiratory) in France in 2023 in persons travelling from Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Niger or Nigeria and Central African Republic. Four isolates were toxigenic. Seven genomically unrelated isolates were multidrug-resistant, including a toxigenic respiratory isolate with high-level resistance to macrolides and beta-lactams. The high rates of resistance, including against first-line agents, call for further microbiological investigations to guide clinical management and public health response in ongoing West African outbreaks.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 28(2023), 46 vom: 11. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Brémont, Sylvie [VerfasserIn]
Passet, Virginie [VerfasserIn]
Hennart, Mélanie [VerfasserIn]
Fonteneau, Laure [VerfasserIn]
Toubiana, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Badell, Edgar [VerfasserIn]
Brisse, Sylvain [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Africa
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antimicrobial resistance
Diphtheria
Genomic epidemiology
Journal Article
Outbreaks

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Date Completed 27.11.2023

Date Revised 12.01.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.46.2300615

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364632380