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Detection of diphtheria toxin production by toxigenic corynebacteria using an optimized Elek test

PURPOSE: Diphtheria, still present in many countries of the world, is caused by toxigenic strains of species of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae complex, mainly Corynebacterium diphtheriae and the emerging zoonotic pathogen C. ulcerans. The immunoprecipitation test according to Elek is the gold stand...

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Autores principales: Melnikov, Vyacheslav G., Berger, Anja, Sing, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9438344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36053480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-022-01903-x