Volume 16, Number 8—August 2010
Research
Outbreak of Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum Infection in Cystic Fibrosis Patients, France
Fadi Bittar1, Carole Cassagne1, Emmanuelle Bosdure, Nathalie Stremler, Jean-Christophe Dubus, Jacques Sarles, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Didier Raoult, and Jean-Marc Rolain
Table
Strains used to test the specificity of quantitative PCR and Ct obtained in a study of Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum infection in CF patients, France, August 2005–June 2008*
| Corynebacterium spp. | Reference | Ct |
|---|---|---|
| C. accolens | CIP104783T | 38 |
| C. afermentans subsp. afermentans | CIP103499T | – |
| C. afermentans subsp. lipophilum | CIP103500T | – |
| C. amycolatum | CIP103452T | – |
| C. coyleae | CIP104919T | – |
| C. diphteriae | CIP100721T | – |
| C. durum | CIP105490T | 39 |
| C. freneyi | CIP106767T | – |
| C. glucuronolyticum | CIP104577T | – |
| C. imitans | CIP105130T | – |
| C. jeikeium | Blood culture | – |
| C. macginleyi | CIP104099T | – |
| C. minutissimum | CIP100652T | – |
| C. mucifaciens | CIP105129T | – |
| C. propinquum | CIP103792T | 23 |
| C. pseudodiphtheriticum | CIP103420T | 21 |
| C. riegelii | CIP105310T | 38 |
| C. seminal | CIP104297T | – |
| C. singular | CIP105491T | – |
| C. striatum | CIP81.15T | – |
| C. ulcerans | CIP106504T | – |
| C. urealyticum | CIP103524T | – |
| C. xerosis | CIP100653T | – |
| C. aurimucosum | CCUG 47449T | – |
| C. fastidiosum | CIP103808 | – |
*CF, cystic fibrosis; Ct, cycle threshold; –, negative.
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