First detection of Corynebacterium ulcerans producing a diphtheria-like toxin in a case of human with pulmonary infection in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, Brazil

A. L. Mattos-Guaraldi; J. L.M. Sampaio; C. S. Santos; F. P. Pimenta; G. A. Pereira; L. G.C. Pacheco; A. Miyoshi; V. Azevedo; L. O. Moreira; F. L. Gutierrez; J. L.F. Costa; R. Costa-Filho; P. V. Damasco; T. C.F. Camello; R. Hirata

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First detection of Corynebacterium ulcerans producing a diphtheria-like toxin in a case of human with pulmonary infection in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2008) 103(4) 396-400

DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000400014

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The frequency and severity of human infections associated with Corynebacterium ulcerans appear to be increasing in different countries. Here, we describe the first C. ulcerans strain producing a diphtheria-like toxin isolated from an elderly woman with a fatal pulmonary infection and a history of leg skin ulcers in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area.

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Mattos-Guaraldi, A. L., Sampaio, J. L. M., Santos, C. S., Pimenta, F. P., Pereira, G. A., Pacheco, L. G. C., … Hirata, R. (2008). First detection of Corynebacterium ulcerans producing a diphtheria-like toxin in a case of human with pulmonary infection in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, Brazil. Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 103(4), 396–400. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762008000400014

First detection of Corynebacterium ulcerans producing a diphtheria-like toxin in a case of human with pulmonary infection in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, Brazil

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