Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan [PDF]
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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Genomic analyses reveal two distinct lineages of Corynebacterium ulcerans strains [PDF]
New Microbes and New Infections, 2018 Corynebacterium ulcerans is an important zoonotic pathogen which is causing diphtheria-like disease in humans globally. In this study, the genomes of three recently isolated C.
R. Subedi +8 more
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Zoonotic Transmission of Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Strain, Germany, 2012 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 Severe necrotizing fasciitis was diagnosed in a 53-year-old man in Germany in 2012. Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans was grown from a wound swab sample. One of the patient´s 2 dogs was found to harbor a toxigenic C. ulcerans strain.
Dominik M. Meinel +12 more
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Diphtheria-like Disease Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Strain [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans is an increasingly reported cause of diphtheria in the United Kingdom and is often associated with a zoonotic origin (1,2). Here, we report a case of diphtheria caused by toxigenic C.
Vartul Sangal +7 more
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Microevolution and genomic epidemiology of the diphtheria-causing zoonotic pathogen Corynebacterium ulcerans [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsCorynebacterium ulcerans is an emerging zoonotic pathogen which causes diphtheria-like infections. Although C. ulcerans is found in multiple domestic and wild animal species, most human cases are linked with pets.
Chiara Crestani +7 more
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Genome sequence of a pathogenic Corynebacterium ulcerans strain isolated from a wild boar with necrotizing lymphadenitis [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2019 Objectives Corynebacterium ulcerans can colonize a wide variety of animals and also humans are infected, typically by zoonotic transmission. Symptoms range from skin ulcers or systemic infections to diphtheria-like illness.
Anne Busch +3 more
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Transmission of toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans infection with airway obstruction from cats to a human [PDF]
Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2021 Background Infections caused by Corynebacterium ulcerans, a zoonotic pathogen, have been reported worldwide. This microorganism is known to produce the diphtheria toxin and cause diphtheria‐like illness.
Koji Wake +10 more
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Widespread Disease in Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Toxin-producing Corynebacterium ulcerans, a causative agent of diphtheria in humans, was isolated from 53 hedgehogs in Belgium during the spring of 2020. Isolates showed low levels of acquired antimicrobial drug resistance.
An Martel +10 more
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Corynebacterium ulcerans Infections in Eurasian Beavers (Castor fiber) [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 The Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) has been reintroduced successfully in Germany since the 1990s. Since wildlife is an important source of zoonotic infectious diseases, monitoring of invasive and reintroduced species is crucial with respect to the One ...
Reinhard Sting +10 more
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Live cell imaging of macrophage/bacterium interaction demonstrates cell lysis induced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans [PDF]
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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