Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan

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 Coryneb...

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Autores principales: Yasuda, Ikkoh, Matsuyama, Hisayo, Ishifuji, Tomoko, Yamashita, Yoshiro, Takaki, Masahiro, Morimoto, Konosuke, Sekino, Motohiro, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Fujii, Tatsuya, Iwaki, Masaaki, Yamamoto, Akihiko, Ariyoshi, Koya, Tanaka, Takeshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29460755
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.171837
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Sumario: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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