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

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Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan

Published Date:

Mar 2018

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Emerg Infect Dis. 24(3):588-591.

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English

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Emerg Infect Dis

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Yasuda, Ikkoh ; Matsuyama, Hisayo ; Ishifuji, Tomoko ; Yamashita, Yoshiro ; Takaki, Masahiro ; ... More ▼

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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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29460755

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PMC5823354

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Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan

Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan

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