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Detection of toxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheriae from throat swabs of diphtheria patients using duplex real-time PCR
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Diphtheria is a potentially fatal disease caused by toxigenic bacterial infection, particularly from Corynebacterium diphtheriae (C. diphtheriae). Isolation of C. diphtheriae is technically lacking in sensitivity, and Elek’s test to detect toxin production has several diff...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7884264/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33613904 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijm.v12i6.5024 |