Fulminant infective endocarditis with toxin-negative Corynebacterium diphtheriae in people with substance use experiencing homelessness, England, 2024 to 2025

Between July 2024 and January 2025, five male patients in their early 20s to early 50s were confirmed with infective endocarditis associated with non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae in England. Three were known to have experienced homelessness. All five used non-intravenous recreational drugs....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Jg. 30; H. 13; S. 1
Hauptverfasser:	Patel, Tara, Anwar, Tasnim, Mavrogiorgou, Eleni, Utjesanovic, Natasa, Aryee, Anna, Litt, David J, D’Aeth, Joshua C., Primus, Christopher, Das, Satya, Karogiannis, Nikolaos, Paranthaman, Karthik, Amirthalingam, Gayatri, Cordery, Rebecca
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 03.04.2025 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Schlagworte:	Adult corynebacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae - genetics Corynebacterium diphtheriae - isolation & purification diphtheria Diphtheria - diagnosis Diphtheria - microbiology Endocarditis Endocarditis - diagnosis Endocarditis - microbiology Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnosis Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology England - epidemiology Genomics Health surveillance Humans Ill-Housed Persons Male Middle Aged Multilocus Sequence Typing Rapid Communication Substance abuse treatment Substance-Related Disorders - complications Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology surveillance Whole Genome Sequencing Young Adult England endocarditis surveillance corynebacterium diphtheria
ISSN:	1560-7917, 1025-496X, 1560-7917
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