Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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
• Description:
  Corynebacterium ulcerans infection was recently recognized as a zoonosis. We present 2 cases of severe pneumonia complicated by diffuse pseudo membrane 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.
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Corynebacterium Ulcerans Diphtheria Dispatch Japan Pneumonia Pseudomembrane Severe Pneumonia Caused By Toxigenic Corynebacterium Ulcerans Infection, Japan Zoonoses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(3):588-591.
• Pubmed ID:
  29460755
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5823354
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:af466dca90d78c11aa7bcdf3a42a85239e352a92269a5fa430a402ea40b8a64a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52203/cdc_52203_DS1.pdf
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