Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the leading causing agent of respiratory and cutaneous
diphtheria, an acute disease with local and systemic manifestations, which remains as an …

Only three Corynebacterium species are known to produce a lethal exotoxin called
diphtheria toxin. These are C. diphtheriae, C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis. The …

Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the etiological agent of diphtheria, a disease caused by the
presence of the diphtheria toxin. However, an increasing number of records report non …

Corynebacterium silvaticum is a newly described animal pathogen, closely related to the
emerging human pathogen Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium …

Corynebacterium silvaticum is a newly identified animal pathogen of forest animals such as
roe deer and wild boars. The species is closely related to the emerging human pathogen …

Background Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the main etiological agent of diphtheria, a
global disease causing life-threatening infections, particularly in infants and children …

Corynebacterium species are a widely distributed group of bacteria, typically found in the
environment in soil, and on the skin and mucous membranes of human beings and animals …

Diphtheria, the strangling angel of children, has lost its threatening potential with the
development of anti toxin, toxoid vaccine and antibiotics in the last century. However, even …

Abstract Aims Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans, when
producing toxin, are the cause of diphtheria, a potentially life‐threatening illness in humans …

Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the causative agent of diphtheria. In 2003, the complete
genomic nucleotide sequence of an isolate (NCTC13129) from a large outbreak in the …