Nontoxigenic tox-bearing Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection among Game Animals, Germany

Eisenberg, Tobias; Kutzer, Peter; Peters, Martin; Sing, Andreas; Contzen, Matthias; Rau, Jörg

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Nontoxigenic tox-bearing Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection among Game Animals, Germany

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Mar 2014
By Eisenberg, Tobias ; Kutzer, Peter ; Peters, Martin ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Eisenberg, Tobias ; Kutzer, Peter ; Peters, Martin ; Sing, Andreas ; Contzen, Matthias ; Rau, Jörg
Description:

Corynebacterium ulcerans may cause diphtheria in humans and caseous lymphadenitis in animals. We isolated nontoxigenic tox-bearing C. ulcerans from 13 game animals in Germany. Our results indicate a role for game animals as reservoirs for zoonotic C. ulcerans.
Subjects:

Animal Diseases Animals Animals, Zoo Corynebacterium Corynebacterium Infections Diphtheria Toxin Humans Phylogeny
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 20(3):448-452.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Germany
Volume:

20
Issue:

3
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:63de13313fba20c7a3308f51e1d6307bb4a040cd1bc34ab38a14c2d9a3710466
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/22102/cdc_22102_DS1.pdf
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