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Case series of cutaneous diphtheria in children

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background: Cutaneous diphtheria is caused by infection with Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Transmission from cutaneous lesions can cause both respiratory and cutaneous disease in susceptible contacts.Literature on cutaneous diphtheria report it to be rare
Dr Aishatu Jibril, Dr Salma Suwaid, Dr Hauwa Makarfi, Prof Hafsah Ahmad   +3 more
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Spectrum of Bacteriological study of throat swabs with an indicator of Re-emergence of Diphtheria in MGM Hospital, Warangal [PDF]

Perspectives In Medical Research, 2019
Introduction: Wide spectrum of bacteriological study for different types of throat infections are done routinely which are ranging from upper respiratory tract infections to dreadful diseases like Diphtheria andpertusis etc.
G V Padmaja1 , Mrudula2 , Jyothi3
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae [PDF]

, 2020
Jaana Vuopio, Markku Kuusi
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Corynebacterium ulcerans cutaneous diphtheria

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2015
We describe the case of a patient with cutaneous diphtheria caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans who developed a right hand flexor sheath infection and symptoms of sepsis such as fever, tachycardia, and elevated C-reactive protein, after contact with domestic cats and dogs, and a fox.
Moore, LS, Leslie, A, Meltzer, M, Sandison, A, Efstratiou, A, Sriskandan, S   +5 more
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Diphtheria: The patch still remains—A case report from the state of Uttarakhand

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2019
Diphtheria is a potentially fatal acute infectious disease caused by toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. It is rare in most developed countries due to routine childhood vaccination.
Aroop Mohanty, Mohit Bhatia, Pratima Gupta, Saurabh Varshney, Manu Malhotra, Balram J Omar   +5 more
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Direct PCR: Alternative Diagnostic Method for Diagnosis of Diphtheria Rapidly, Easily and Cost Effective

Makara Journal of Health Research, 2013
Some diseases require immediate and appropriate treatment to decrease the fatality risk patients incident, for example diphtheria. Time to help patients is very crucial since delay of therapy may increase the mortality cases up to 20 times.
Sunarno Sunarno, Aulia Rizki, Kambang Sariadji, Amarila Malik, Anis Karuniawati, Amin Soebandrio   +5 more
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Challenges of Diphtheria Toxin Detection

Toxins
Diphtheria toxin (DT) is the main virulence factor of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis. Moreover, new Corynebacterium species with the potential to produce diphtheria toxin have also been described.
Marta Prygiel, Ewa Mosiej, Maciej Polak, Katarzyna Krysztopa-Grzybowska, Karol Wdowiak, Kamila Formińska, Aleksandra A. Zasada   +6 more
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NGS-based phylogeny of diphtheria-related pathogenicity factors in different Corynebacterium spp. implies species-specific virulence transmission

BMC Microbiology, 2019
Background Diphtheria toxin (DT) is produced by toxigenic strains of the human pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae as well as zoonotic C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis.
Alexandra Dangel, Anja Berger, Regina Konrad, Andreas Sing   +3 more
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Faucial diphtheria infection caused due to Corynebacterium striatum in a paediatric patient – A rare case report from central India

Microbiologia Medica
Medically relevant Corynebacterium species include Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and non-diphtherial Corynebacteria. A part of the normal flora of the skin and mucous membranes, non-diphtherial Corynebacteria, which is frequently dismissed as a ...
Pooja Shendre, Sagnik Poddar, Sonal Chavan, Ravita Sharma, Gopal Agrawal, Sunanda Shrikhande   +5 more
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Genomic characterization of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates from human origin in Brazil, 1974-2024

Frontiers in Bacteriology
IntroductionDiphtheria is a potentially fatal disease that still causes deaths mainly in unvaccinated children. Over the last decades, the incidence of this disease has reduced drastically in face to the increase in vaccination coverage.
Sérgio Bokermann, Sérgio Bokermann, Claudio Tavares Sacchi, Ana Paula Silva de Lemos, Elizabeth Harummyy Takagi, Marlon Benedito Nascimento Santos, Rosemeire Capoani Almendros, Karoline Rodrigues Campos, Eneas Carvalho, Carlos Henrique Camargo, Carlos Henrique Camargo   +10 more
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