Volume 29, Number 8—August 2023
Dispatch
Emerging Corynebacterium diphtheriae Species Complex Infections, Réunion Island, France, 2015–2020
Table 1
Patient no. | Isolates | Year | Age, y/Sex | Animal contact | Country | Travel | Immunized | Comorbidities/living conditions | Symptoms |
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1 |
CD1/FRC0304 | 2015 | 9/M |
None |
Mayotte, France |
No |
Yes |
Disadvantaged priority district |
Bullous pemphigoid |
CD2/FRC0316 |
2015 |
Pneumonia |
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2 |
CD3/FRC0314 |
2015 |
71/M |
None |
Mainland France |
Madagascar |
No |
Diabetic |
Left lower limb ulceration |
3 |
CD4/FRC0376 |
2015 |
13/M |
None |
Mayotte, France |
No |
Yes |
Disadvantaged district, autoimmune hepatitis |
Left lower limb ulceration |
4 |
CD5/FRC0383 | 2016 | 78/M |
None |
Réunion Island |
Madagascar |
No |
Diabetic, heart failure, COPD |
Right lower limb ulceration |
CD6/FRC0393 |
2016 |
Phlyctenule, right leg |
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5 |
CD7/FRC0385 |
2016 |
64/M |
None |
Mainland France |
Madagascar |
No |
High blood pressure |
Left lower limb ulceration |
6 |
CU1/FRC0391 |
2016 |
67/F |
Dogs, cats |
Réunion Island |
No |
Unknown |
Alcoholism, obesity, high blood pressure |
Left lower limb ulceration |
7 |
CD8/FRC0402 |
2016 |
67/M |
None |
Réunion Island |
Madagascar |
Yes |
High blood pressure |
Left lower limb ulceration |
8 |
CD9/FRC0410 |
2016 |
54/M |
None |
Réunion Island |
Madagascar |
Unknown |
Unspecified |
Ankle wound |
9 |
CD10/FRC0423 |
2016 |
5/F |
None |
Comoros |
No |
Yes |
Disadvantaged district |
Lower limb ulceration |
10 |
CD11/FRC0477 |
2017 |
74/M |
None |
Madagascar |
No |
Yes |
Unspecified |
Ulceration of right toe |
11 |
CD12/FRC0501 |
2017 |
66/M |
None |
Madagascar |
No |
No |
Diabetic, COPD |
Left lower limb ulceration |
12 |
CD13/FRC0624 |
2018 |
60/M |
None |
Mayotte (France) |
No |
No |
Unspecified |
Ulceration of right toe |
13 |
CD14/FRC0630 |
2018 |
68/M |
None |
Mainland France |
Madagascar |
Yes |
Diabetic, heart failure |
Wound, right tibia |
14 |
CD15/FRC0733 |
2019 |
2/M |
None |
Comoros |
No |
Yes |
Disadvantaged district |
Ulceration of right toe |
15 |
CD16/FRC0782 | 2019 | 38/M |
None |
Réunion Island |
No |
Yes |
Homelessness, alcoholism |
Lower limb ulceration |
CD17/FRC0809 |
2019 |
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16 |
CD18/FRC0819 |
2019 |
27/M |
None |
Réunion Island |
Mayotte |
No |
Alcoholism, hepatitis B |
Right ankle ulceration |
17 |
CU2/FRC0820 |
2019 |
76/M |
Dogs |
Réunion Island |
No |
Unknown |
Alcoholism, diabetic |
Metatarsus damage, left foot |
18 |
CD19/FRC0849 |
2019 |
39/F |
None |
Comoros |
No |
Yes |
Lupus |
Lower limb ulceration |
19 |
CD20/FRC0865 |
2020 |
59/M |
None |
Réunion Island |
No |
Unknown |
Unspecified |
Lower limb ulceration |
20 |
CD21/FRC0875 |
2020 |
55/M |
None |
Réunion Island |
No |
Unknown |
Unspecified |
Left malleolar ulceration |
21 |
CD22/FRC0893 |
2020 |
17/M |
None |
Mainland France |
No |
Unknown |
Unspecified |
Foot ulceration |
22 |
CD23/FRC0928 |
2020 |
33/M |
None |
Réunion Island |
No |
Unknown |
Homelessness, alcoholism |
Foot ulceration |
23 |
CD24/FRC0970 |
2020 |
59/M |
None |
Réunion Island |
No |
Yes |
Homelessness, alcoholism |
Elbow abscess |
24 |
CD25/FRC0975 |
2020 |
32/M |
None |
Réunion Island |
No |
Yes |
Homelessness, alcoholism |
Ulcerations of feet |
25 |
CD26/FRC1050 |
2020 |
53/M |
None |
Réunion Island |
No |
Yes |
Homelessness, alcoholism |
Metatarsus damage, left foot |
26 | CD27/FRC1065 | 2020 | 67/M | None | Réunion Island | No | Yes | High blood pressure, frontal squamous cell carcinoma | Frontal sinus damage |
*CD, Corynebacterium diphtheriae; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CU, C. ulcerans.
1These first authors contributed equally to this article.
2These authors contributed equally to this article.
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