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Mutation and Diversity of Diphtheria Toxin in Corynebacterium ulcerans

Corynebacterium ulcerans infection is emerging in humans. We conducted phylogenetic analyses of C. ulcerans and C. diptheriae, which revealed diverse diphtheria toxin in C. ulcerans. Diphtheria toxin diversification could decrease effectiveness of diphtheria toxoid vaccine and diphtheria antitoxin f...

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Autores principales: Otsuji, Ken, Fukuda, Kazumasa, Ogawa, Midori, Saito, Mitsumasa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625851
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.181455