Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan

Severe Pneumonia Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan

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 Coryneb...

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Main Authors: Ikkoh Yasuda, Hisayo Matsuyama, Tomoko Ishifuji, Yoshiro Yamashita, Masahiro Takaki, Konosuke Morimoto, Motohiro Sekino, Katsunori Yanagihara, Tatsuya Fujii, Masaaki Iwaki, Akihiko Yamamoto, Koya Ariyoshi, Takeshi Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Corynebacterium ulcerans
pneumonia
diphtheria
zoonoses
pseudomembrane
bacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/3/17-1837_article

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