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A Case of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Native Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Shower Emboli [PDF]
Case Reports in CardiologyInfective endocarditis is a rare phenomenon that may have devastating consequences. While uncommon, the spectrum of causative organisms can include Corynebacterium species.
Sara Mashayekan +3 more
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A case of Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection of the paranasal sinuses
Otolaryngology Case Reports, 2022 Background: Corynebacterium diphtheriae may cause respiratory or cutaneous infections, often with the formation of a pseudo-membrane in the tonsils, pharynx, nasopharynx, or larynx.
Karena Zhao +2 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background Diphtheria outbreaks occurred in endemic areas and imported and indigenous cases are reported in UE/EEA. Because of the high infectiveness and severity of the disease, early and accurate diagnosis of each suspected case is essential for the ...
Aleksandra A. Zasada +8 more
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A diphtheria outbreak in Johor Bahru, Malaysia: Public health investigation and response
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2022 Introduction: Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Although the incidence of diphtheria worldwide has rapidly declined following the largely successful diphtheria toxoid-based vaccines, concerns persist for ...
Peter Seah Keng Tok +5 more
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BMC Research Notes, 2019 Objectives In frame of a study to characterize the interaction of human macrophage-like cells with pathogenic corynebacteria, Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans, live cell imaging experiments were carried out and time lapse ...
Dulanthi Weerasekera +3 more
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Sequence Analysis of Toxin Gene–Bearing Corynebacterium diphtheriae Strains, Australia
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 By conducting a molecular characterization of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains in Australia, we identified novel sequences, nonfunctional toxin genes, and 5 recent cases of toxigenic cutaneous diphtheria.
Christine J. Doyle +5 more
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Frontiers in BacteriologyIntroductionDiphtheria 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 +10 more
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae [PDF]
Journal of Hygiene, 1984 Corynebacterium diphtheriae was first observed by Klebs in 1883 and was cultivated a year later by Loeffler, whose description in 1884 of the causative organism of diphtheria remains a standard. Diphtheria was a life-threatening disease throughout the world until the therapeutic use of antitoxin and the use, as a public health measure, of childhood ...
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Cutaneous Corynebacterium Infection Presenting with Disseminated Skin Nodules and Ulceration
Case Reports in Dermatology, 2017 In the context of the European migrant crisis, more and more cases of cutaneous diphtheria are seen. A typical presentation includes painful cutaneous ulcerations with grayish-whitish pseudomembranes.
Antonios G.A. Kolios +4 more
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Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 Corynebacterium ulcerans infection was recently recognized as a zoonosis. We present 2 cases of severe pneumonia complicated by diffuse pseudomembrane formation on the bronchus caused by C. ulcerans–producing diphtheria toxin.
Ikkoh Yasuda +12 more
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