Volume 6, Number 6—December 2000
Dispatch
Nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae: An Emerging Pathogen in England and Wales?
Table 4
Throat isolates of nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae submitted to the Public Health Laboratory Service's Streptococcus and Diphtheria Reference Unit, from U.K. residents,a 1995
Site of isolate | Travel outside U.K.within previous 3 months | No. ribotyped | Ribotypes |
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Isolates from residents of England and Wales | |||
Throat | No | 96 | 78A,3B,1C,1D,5F,1G,1I,1J,1L,1N,1O,1P,1T |
Throat | Yes | 11 | 7A,1B,1E,1F,1U |
Skin | Yes | 5 | 1D,1H,1J,1M,1W |
Blood | Yes | 1 | 1Q |
Bronchial washings | No | 1 | 1S |
Nose | No | 1 | 1V |
Total | 115 | ||
Isolates from contacts of residents of England and Wales | |||
Throat | No | 6 | 5A,1Q |
Total | 121 | ||
Isolates from residents of Scotland, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man | |||
Throat | No | 8 | 4A,1K,1L,2R |
Total U.K. | 129 |
aU.K. = England, Wales, Scotland, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man.