Volume 23, Number 1—January 2017
Dispatch
Sequence Analysis of Toxin Gene–Bearing Corynebacterium diphtheriae Strains, Australia
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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