Corynebacterium ulcerans cutaneous diphtheria [PDF]
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.
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The first case of septicemia due to nontoxigenic
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2005 Background Toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae are well known agent of diphtheria. Nontoxigenic strains can cause atypical course of the disease. Invasive diseases caused by C. diphtheriae occur very rare. Case presentation We have described
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BMC Microbiology, 2012 Background Corynebacterium ulcerans can cause a diphtheria-like illness, especially when the bacterium is lysogenized with a tox gene-carrying bacteriophage that produces diphtheria toxin. Acquisition of toxigenicity upon phage lysogenization is a common
Sekizuka Tsuyoshi +8 more
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Non-toxigenic penicillin-resistant cutaneous C. diphtheriae infection: A case report and review of the literature [PDF]
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2015 Summary: Here, we report a case of non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae in a previously healthy 14-year-old girl that was acquired in Ethiopia and presented locally. This is the first clinical case of penicillin-resistant C.
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Cutaneous Diphtheria by Nontoxigenic Corynebacterium Diphtheriae in Diabetic Patient: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Chronic diabetes mellitus is a significant risk factor for skin and soft tissue infections. Corynebacterium diphtheriae is a rare cause of wound infection in chronic diabetic patients.
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Screening for Corynebacterium diphtheriae. [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1992 A throat swab from a 9 year old girl with pharyngitis yielded a non-toxigenic strain of Corynebacterium diphtheriae var mitis and Streptococcus group G. C pseudodiphtheriticum was isolated from the throats of two of her four brothers. In each case the isolate was sent to the reference laboratory before full identification.
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Re-emergence of Corynebacterium diphtheriae [PDF]
Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses, 2019 Diphtheria is re-emerging in Europe. A total of 36 cases were reported in Europe in 2015 versus 53 cases between 2000 and 2009.We report two cases of Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection in a French hospital in 2016: a cutaneous infection with negative toxin testing in a French traveller, and a respiratory diphtheria carriage with positive toxin ...
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Multilocus sequence types of invasive Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated in the Rio de Janeiro urban area, Brazil [PDF]
, 2012 Invasive infections caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae in vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals have been reported increasingly. In this study we used multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to study genetic relationships between six invasive strains of
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An integrative in-silico approach for therapeutic target identification in the human pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae [PDF]
, 2017 Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Cd) is a Gram-positive human pathogen responsible for diphtheria infection and once regarded for high mortalities worldwide.
Azevedo, Vasco A.C. +13 more
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Evolution of substrate specificity in a recipient's enzyme following horizontal gene transfer [PDF]
, 2013 Despite the prominent role of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in shaping bacterial metabolism, little is known about the impact of HGT on the evolution of enzyme function.
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