Background.Diphtheria, a life-threatening respiratory disease, is caused mainly by toxin-producing strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, while nontoxigenic corynebacteria (eg, Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum) rarely causes diphtheria-like illness.
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Up-to-date MALDI-TOF MS-based identification of the <i>Corynebacterium diphtheriae</i> species complex for improved diagnostics. [PDF]
Rau J +10 more
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Diphtheria outbreak, Northern Territory of Australia, 2025 to 2026. [PDF]
Draper AD +37 more
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<i>Corynebacterium silvaticum</i> in a game-handling butcher: A new zoonotic pathogen of human infections. [PDF]
Sing A +6 more
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Persistent high diphtheria positivity in North India: Evidence from a tertiary hospital-based study, 2007-2021. [PDF]
Sharma NC +5 more
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Public Health Response to Toxigenic Respiratory Diphtheria Outbreaks at Correctional Facility, South Africa, 2023-2025. [PDF]
Jose M +12 more
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Macrolide resistance via 23S rRNA gene mutation in Corynebacterium ulcerans. [PDF]
Crestani C +5 more
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Septic Shock, Infective Endocarditis, Septic Embolization and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Caused by a Toxigenic <i>C. diphtheriae</i> Strain: A Case Report. [PDF]
Fabris M, Martinello I, Bassi F.
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Isolation of toxigenic <i>Corynebacterium diphtheriae</i> from cutaneous lesions in a donkey in Ontario, Canada, 2024: Implications for zoonotic disease transmission and One Health approach. [PDF]
Okechukwu C +9 more
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First isolation of nontoxigenic tox gene-bearing Corynebacterium ulcerans from a diphtheria case in Minas Gerais, Brazil. [PDF]
Couto Calazans Silva A +6 more
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