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Severe pneumonia caused by toxigenic corynebacterium ulcerans infection, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2018) 24(3) 588-591
DOI: 10.3201/eid2403.171837
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Abstract

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. Our purpose is to alert medical professionals to the virulence of Corynebacterium species other than C. diphtheriae.

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Yasuda, I., Matsuyama, H., Ishifuji, T., Yamashita, Y., Takaki, M., Morimoto, K., … Tanaka, T. (2018). Severe pneumonia caused by toxigenic corynebacterium ulcerans infection, Japan. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(3), 588–591. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.171837

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