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
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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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author 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
author_facet 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
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description 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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spelling pubmed-58233542018-03-01 Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan 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 Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5823354/ /pubmed/29460755 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.171837 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
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
Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan
title Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan
title_full Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan
title_fullStr Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan
title_full_unstemmed Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan
title_short Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan
title_sort severe pneumonia caused by toxigenic corynebacterium ulcerans infection, japan
topic Dispatch
url 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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