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Volume 23, Number 1—January 2017
Dispatch

Sequence Analysis of Toxin Gene–Bearing Corynebacterium diphtheriae Strains, Australia

Christine J. DoyleComments to Author , Adam Mazins, Rikki M.A. Graham, Ning-Xia Fang, Helen V. Smith, and Amy V. Jennison
Author affiliations: Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (C.J. Doyle, R.M.A. Graham, N.-X. Fang, H.V. Smith, A.V. Jennison); Griffith University, Brisbane (A. Mazins)

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Table

Analysis of tox gene–positive Corynebacterium diphtheria isolates, Australia*

Strain no. GenBank accession no.
 Predicted diphtheria
toxin peptide sequence MLST Year isolated Site Patient travel history Clinical note
dtxR gene tox gene
WM960461361 Detected, NP KX702990 Complete NP Unknown (1996 or prior) Unknown Unknown Historical isolate
WM960431373 Detected, NP KX702991 Complete NP Unknown (1996 or prior) Unknown Unknown Historical isolate
WM00M102 Detected, NP KX702992 Complete NP Unknown (2000 or prior) Unknown Unknown Historical isolate
WM00M103 Detected, NP KX702993 Truncated NP Unknown (2000 or prior) Unknown Unknown Historical isolate
2006M0083 Detected, NP KX702994 Complete NP 2005 Lower limb Indonesia Coral cut
2006M2336 KU869770 KU869773 Truncated ST379 2006 Lower limb Indonesia Coral cut
2011M2688 Detected, NP KX702995 Complete ST125 2011 Throat No travel Contact of carrier
2011M2777 Detected, NP KX702996 Complete ST125 2011 Throat Papua New Guinea Carrier
2011M2861 Detected, NP KX702997 Complete ST125 2011 Throat No travel Contact of case
2013M7922 KX702987 KU869774 Complete ST381 2013 Lower limb Papua New Guinea Wound
2014M5840 KU869772 KX702998 Complete ST243 2014 Lower limb Cambodia Wound
2014M7492 KX702988 KX702999 Complete ST382 2014 Lower limb Indonesia Surf injury
2014M8143 KX702989 KU869775 Complete ST120 2014 Lower limb Unknown Coral cut
2015M2871 KU869771 KX703000 Complete ST380 2015 Lower limb Solomon Islands Wound

*MLST, multilocus sequence typing; NP, sequencing not performed.

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