Wild raccoons (Procyon lotor) as a potential reservoir of cytolethal distending toxin-producing Providencia strains in Japan

ABSTRACT In view of increasing reports of infections due to virulent Providencia species including cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) gene-positive strains, it is important to identify the reservoirs and transmission routes of such pathogenic strains. Raccoons considered to be a source of zoonotic pa...

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Principais autores:	Okechukwu John Obi, Atsushi Hinenoya, Sharda Prasad Awasthi, Noritoshi Hatanaka, Shah M. Faruque, Shinji Yamasaki
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2025-04-01
Series:	Microbiology Spectrum
Assuntos:	cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) Providencia Providencia alcalifaciens Providencia rustigianii Providencia rettgeri raccoons
Acceso en liña:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02616-24
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