The article is a literature review on the emergence of human infections caused by
Corynebacterium ulcerans in many countries including Brazil. Articles in Medline/PubMed …

Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the etiological agent of diphtheria, is a re-emerging pathogen,
responsible for several thousand deaths per year. In addition to diphtheria, systemic …

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is a facultative intracellular pathogen and the
causative agent of several infectious and contagious chronic diseases, including caseous …

Background Diphtheria is mainly caused by diphtheria-toxin-producing strains of
Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans. The recommended first-line …

We describe microbiological, clinical and epidemiological aspects of a diphtheria outbreak
that occurred in Maranhão, Brazil. The majority of the 27 confirmed cases occurred in …

Background Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the causative agent of diphtheria, is well-
investigated in respect to toxin production, while little is known about C. diphtheriae factors …

Introduced for mass immunization in the 1920s, vaccines against diphtheria are among the
oldest and safest vaccines known. The basic principle of their production is the inactivation …

Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium
pseudotuberculosis constitute a group of potentially toxigenic microorganisms that are …

Although Corynebacterium diphtheriae has been classically described as an exclusively
extracellular pathogen, there is growing evidence that it may be internalized by epithelial …

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 …