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

The systemic symptoms of diphtheria are caused by the tox-encoded diphtheria toxin (DT)
which is produced by toxigenic Corynebacterium spp. Besides the classical agent C …

Background Diphtheria toxin (DT) is produced by toxigenic strains of the human pathogen
Corynebacterium diphtheriae as well as zoonotic C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis …

Among 828 C. diphtheriae nontoxigenic cultures isolated in different region of Russia in
1994-2002, 114 cultures (13.8%) had the gene of diphtheria toxin (gene tox) and were thus …

Respiratory diphtheria, characterized by a firmly adherent pseudomembrane, is caused by
toxin-producing strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, with similar illness produced …

Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium
pseudotuberculosis are potentially diphtheria toxin-producing microorganisms related to …

Corynebacterium diphtheriae is a Gram‐positive, non‐spore forming, non‐motile,
pleomorphic rod belonging to the genus Corynebacterium and the actinomycete group of …

Autochtonous toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae have disappeared in mainland
France, but non-toxigenic C. diphtheriae are still circulating. Using phenotypic and …

Sir—Corynebacterium ulcerans is increasingly recognized as an emerging pathogen in
various countries, including the United States [1], the United Kingdom [2], Japan [3], The …

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 …